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Delbert Day Cancer Institute new construction
The comprehensive cancer care facility on the campus of Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRC) in Rolla, Mo., was built using an array of modern technology and methods. Read the related article "Innovative construction methods streamline building of new cancer center."
The 37,000-square-foot center occupies the first two levels of a new, four-story, 100,470-square-foot building constructed by McCarthy Building Cos. Inc., St. Louis. Read more.
The interior environment features high-end finishes, including glass tile, wood veneer walls, stone tile walls and decorative Linel glass.
The center includes an exterior healing garden, two-story lobby and registration area, retail space, a health café, education space and a community center.
The Delbert Day Cancer Institute houses radiation therapies, PET C/T, nuclear medicine, infusion therapy, medical oncology, and supporting lab and pharmacy ancillary services.
One floor houses infusion services and a medical oncology clinic.
The $31.3 million building where the cancer center is built is connected to an adjacent medical office building via a pedestrian bridge.
The new cancer center started treating patients in early January.