ENID, OK - INTEGRIS Bass Baptist Health Center is excited to announce that construction has begun on the permanent location for INTEGRIS Cancer Institute Enid.
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Fighting the battle with cancer is something that has touched everyone’s life in some way and with as difficult as this battle is, it can be made even more difficult without the proper care close to home. In November 2016, INTEGRIS Bass announced the opening of INTEGRIS Cancer Institute Enid and began providing medical oncology services in a temporary location at the Heart and Vascular Institute.
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Plans were approved by the state in July for the construction of a permanent cancer center inside Bass Baptist Health Center.
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“We strive as a health care system to continue to add needed services to the communities that we serve, and we know that access to cancer care in northwest Oklahoma is a vital resource to those that live here,” said Edward Herrman, President, INTEGRIS Bass Baptist Health Center.
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While INTEGRIS Bass Baptist Health Center has offered radiation therapy treatment since the 1950’s, the addition of the INTEGRIS Cancer Institute has given patients access to a more well-rounded cancer treatment facility.
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The new center will be an oncology clinic and infusion center, featuring 12 infusion chairs. Each infusion chair will be in a bay to give more privacy, and will include a personal television and natural lighting, “so as to make patients as comfortable as possible.”
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In addition, INTEGRIS Bass Baptist Health Center has a relationship with the Mayo Clinic. This enables the oncology team and patient’s to have access to the most current recommendations for treatment. As part of the Mayo Care Network, INTEGRIS physicians are able to collaborate with specialists on the most complex and demanding cases. Herrman notes this is a, “huge benefit for the residents of northwest Oklahoma” coming to Enid for oncology treatment.
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Sumbal Nabi, M.D., sees patients 5 days a week at the INTEGRIS Cancer Institute Enid temporary location. For more information, call 580-977-1950.
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Construction Begins on INTEGRIS Cancer Institute
