Kings County Hospital receives $3.5 million to expand cancer care
Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC), a New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation facility, has received $3.5 million from City Councilmembers Mathieu Eugene and Darlene Mealy, on behalf of the City Council Brooklyn delegation, to purchase a new linear accelerator to provide radiation therapy to hundreds of patients served by the KCHC Cancer Care Center.
The $3.5 million check was presented at the hospitals Annual Legislative Breakfast to George Proctor, North & Central Brooklyn Health Network senior vice president; Roslyn Weinstein, acting executive director of Kings County; and John Jurenko, senior assistant vice president, HHC Intergovernmental Relations.
The addition of the new linear accelerator further enhances our commitment to provide comprehensive cancer prevention, detection and treatment to the residents of Central Brooklyn, said Proctor.