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Thursday, November 21, 2024

DANBIURY PROTON ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING ON FRIDAY, APRIL 22 AT 10 AM

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An online public hearing on Danbury Proton's appeal of the Connecticut Office of  Health Strategy's proposed denial of the project's Certificate Of Need  (CON) application will be held on Friday, April 22 at 10 am. 

A month ago, Danbury Proton filed  an official appeal document, which addresses OHS' review comments. The  online Zoom hearing is the last opportunity for Danbury Proton to be  heard in the OHS appeal process. No subject matter expert testimony or  public comments will be allowed, but interested parties will be able to  watch the proceedings. For more details, please visit the OHS website at  https://portal.ct.gov/ohs. 

First announced in April of 2020,  Danbury Proton is a revolutionary $80+ million proton therapy cancer  treatment center proposed for 85 Wooster Heights on the city's booming  West Side. After 2-1/2 years of waiting, a comparable proton therapy  center in Wallingford received CON approval on April 7.

Danbury Proton looks expectantly  toward a CON approval from OHS following its consideration of the points  to be made at the hearing next Friday. 

According to spokesperson Drew  Crandall, "From every imaginable angle — health care access, patient  care quality, health care cost control and competitiveness, high quality  jobs and economic development, high-tech prestige and innovation, and  overall public good — both proton therapy treatment centers are winners.  Both are sorely needed to minimize the necessity to ration treatment  and to offer local, equitable cancer treatment access for all.” 

To express your support for the project, please use the comment form at www.DanburyProton.com. 

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