SVH committed to best cancer care

The focus of Skagit Valley Hospital's plans to build a comprehensive cancer care is on providing excellent care to the cancer patients of our community.

Our hospital has a 30-year tradition of providing the best in compassionate cancer care and have a commitment to our community to provide quality care close to home.

The new center will be a state-of-the-art facility right across the street from Skagit Valley Hospital. The location is ideal for cancer patients because of the proximity to additional services at our regional health care facility and to area physician offices.

Patients will receive all the care and support they need — from diagnostic testing and surgery, to chemotherapy and radiation — on the Skagit Valley Hospital campus.

Our current cancer facility is small and out-of-date. Meanwhile, the volume of cancer patients in our community continues to increase and will grow by at least 23 percent in the next 10 years. A new cancer care center is part of Skagit Valley Hospital's master facility plan, first presented in 2003.

We are open to collaboration with other organizations to build a new cancer care center within our model on the Skagit Valley Hospital campus. We have a great respect for and want to work with our existing medical staff.
Skagit Valley Hospital is committed to providing the highest quality cancer care to our patients.

Tim Raschko, president
Public Hospital District 1
board of commissioners

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