Ten years ago this month, the Douglas and Nancy Barnhart Cancer Center opened at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. It marked an important step in health care for those living in the South Bay, providing a healing place, all under one roof.
Both credit the center for their survival, from the doctors and caregivers to the so-called"navigator" who helped them through every step of the process, including support groups. The convenience of having all the treatments — chemotherapy, infusion, radiation, etc. — on one place helps too.
“A patient can say, 'OK, there's a cancer center in Chula Vista. I don’t have to leave my hometown; I don't have to drive an hour in traffic.'”
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