Norwalk Hospital on Tuesday unveiled the centerpiece of its cancer care programming at a celebration for the hospital’s new C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham Cancer Center, a 35,000-square-foot facility that’s part of the largest expansion project in the hospital’s history.
More than 400 people toured the new Whittingham Cancer Center, which doubles the hospital’s existing cancer treatment space, according to a news release.
Features of the new cancer center include an outdoor healing garden for patients, families and caregivers, contemporary consultation rooms and patient space with media and refreshments, two private infusion suites, 18 light-filled infusion bays with views of Long Island Sound, a dedicated CT simulator and two state-of-the-art linear accelerators. The new center also includes spacious areas for patient support services and for the hospital’s clinical trials and collaborative research with national cancer research centers.
Philanthropists and longtime supporters of Norwalk Hospital, the late C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham of Stamford, were instrumental in the creation of the original C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham Cancer Center in 1997 and the Whittingham family has committed $4.5 million toward cancer care services at the hospital since then.
A Fairfield County businessman, C. Anthony Whittingham served on the hospital’s board of trustees. His son, Andrew Whittingham, is vice chairman of the Norwalk Hospital board of trustees and vice chairman of the board of directors of Western Connecticut Health Network that includes the hospital.
