Mercy Medical Launches Capital Campaign

When battling cancer you want the best technology can provide to aid in that fight At Mercy Medical Center s Leonard P Nelson Cancer Treatment Center in Williston that technology is there but more is now needed That of course means more money is needed This week a major fundraising campaign kicked off Perry Olson tells us what the millions raised will buy Bob Beery Mgr - Mercy Oncology Dept The linear accelerator is our radiation delivery machine It s a machine that can kill cancer and it is time for it to have a companion but Bob Beery Mgr - Mercy Oncology Dept New machine ranges from 2 2 to 2 7 million So that means it is time for some hard work The Mercy Medical Foundation has launched a campaign to raise five million dollars It will buy a new Accelerator a vault for it to do its work and a new oncology treatment area Bob Beery Mgr - Mercy Oncology Dept Our volume is increasing With the aging population and baby boomers getting older we are expecting more cancer over the next ten to fifteen years And this campaign will help meet the needs of those people but before then the people of the region have to meet the needs of the hospital Kerry Monson CEO - Mercy Medical Ctr Anybody who really knows anyone who cares about this hospital can be instrumental in securing those important gifts The Leonard P Nelson Cancer Treatment Center is at the top of what it can do each day with the current equipment it is vital to make this improvement so that it can continue to grow Kerry Monson CEO - Mercy Medical Ctr And we as stewards have to make sure that gets replaced before it breaks down or before the issues go beyond just the useful life So we want to be proactive with that And they are doing exactly that with this financial goal being proactive and preparing to help more people beat cancer Bob Beery Mgr - Mercy Oncology Dept We are staffed accordingly that we can handle increase Perry Olson KX News Right now the cancer center treats about 19 people each day With the added space and equipment that number could grow to 45 Mercy Medical hopes to have the money pledged in about a year or a year and a half and collected in the next five years