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Healing garden at MGH Cancer Center
welcomes visitors
BOSTON - September 29, 2005 - This fall, the Massachusetts
General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center is welcoming patients and families
to enjoy the Howard Ulfelder, MD, Healing Garden overlooking Boston.
Healing gardens are life affirming, reinforcing and help celebrate
life as the seasons of change. The MGH Cancer Center hopes this
space will provide a mentally and physically restorative retreat
where visitors may enjoy spectacular views of the city and the Charles
River. A dedication ceremony for donors who made the rooftop garden
possible is taking place on Sunday, October 2 from 11 am to 1 pm
at the Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care.
Besides breathtaking views, the 6,300-square-foot space includes
an enclosed pavilion for year-round use; a courtyard seating area;
plus an exterior garden with a lush lawn and landscaping, pathways,
and a fountain. The thoughtful seating areas provide both privacy
and small group settings. A glass wall encloses the entire outdoor
space maintaining the views from all areas of the garden. An award-winning
landscape architectural firm was commissioned to create the design.
Within a state-of-the-art patient care facility, the garden is conveniently
located for the thousands of patients, families and staff of the
MGH Cancer Center on the 8th floor of the Yawkey Center. It is well-suited
for patient access, located beside the Cancer Resource Room, the
pediatric cancer clinic and the adult infusion area for patients
undergoing chemotherapy. The garden will be open Mondays through
Fridays (except holidays), from 9 am through 5 pm.
As the largest provider of care to cancer patients in New England
and a leading center in the United States, the MGH
Cancer Center stands at the forefront in the fight against cancer.
MGH clinicians are experts in specific diseases and work together
in teams to ensure that patients receive the best care possible.
With cutting-edge, comprehensive and personalized care, the staff
of the MGH Cancer Center strives to improve the quality of patients'
lives.
Massachusetts General Hospital, established in 1811, is the original
and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH
conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United
States, with an annual research budget of more than $450 million
and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer,
cutaneous biology, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders,
transplantation biology and photomedicine. In 1994, MGH and Brigham
and Women's Hospital joined to form Partners HealthCare System,
an integrated health care delivery system comprising the two academic
medical centers, specialty and community hospitals, a network of
physician groups, and nonacute and home health services.
Media Contact: Emily
Parker, MGH Public Affairs
Physician Referral Service: 1-800-388-4644
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