CALGARY – Premier Alison Redford has confirmed a new cancer centre will be built in Calgary to replace the outdated and overcrowded Tom Baker Cancer Centre.
Redford was joined by officials from Alberta Health Services and the Alberta Cancer Foundation at the Foothills Hospital on Friday, to unveil the construction of the new facility.
The province has been promising a new cancer centre in Calgary for years.
In 2005, then-Premier Ralph Klein promised a billion dollars for cancer facilities in Calgary and Edmonton.
The new facility will be built at the Foothills Medical Centre, and when it opens, the space that now houses the Tom Baker Cancer Centre will be used for by the Foothills Hospital for other clinical purposes.
The Tom Baker Cancer Centre is 32-years-old and reached capacity a decade ago.
Alberta Cancer Foundation is committing $200 million for the new centre, with reports it will be a billion dollar project.
Construction is set to start in 2014.
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