Welcome to Fremont-Rideout Health Group
Theresa Hamilton, CEO, Fremont-Rideout Health Group |
Happy New Year!
And indeed the new year promises to be a very happy one for healthcare in our community.
The holiday festivities barely slowed the pace of development at our Rideout campus, where all construction is on schedule and on budget.
The expansion of the Fremont-Rideout Cancer Center -- nearly doubling its size -- will already be completed in September. The steel framing is 90% done and the three foot-thick walls that will house our second linear accelerator have been completed. The new linear accelerator and new PET scanner, whose combined cost is $6 million, will give local residents more treatment options close to home. The Cancer Center has operated in affiliation with UC Davis Health Systems since 2000, and became the flagship facility of their Cancer Care Network.
Recently, the Fremont-Rideout Cancer Center, received a Three Year Approval Award with Commendation by the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer, which assesses cancer care facilities' adherence to their national program standards in research, prevention, professional education, clinical management and quality of care. Only 40% of institutions nationwide receive this highest rating.
Across the way, work on the six-story addition to Rideout Memorial has begun. By the end of this month, 269 steel piles will be driven down a minimum of 60 feet to support the new building, with the steel framing to commence in early spring. The building is scheduled for completion in December 2014.
Click here to view the details of how our regional medical center will look when completed.