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West Park Hospital and St. Vincent are
thrilled to partner in a joint venture to have
the opportunity to better serve the Big Horn
Basin. New radiation equipment at the Big
Horn Basin Cancer Center was bought, thanks
to the $5.2 million grant from the Helmsley
Charitable Trust of New York City. The new
Infinity Model Agility Multileave Collimator
Linear Accelerator creates less unwanted
radiation during treatment and speeds up the
process.
Dr. Jeffrey Gilroy, Radiation Oncologist, said, “In
the past, radiation could take up to 30 minutes
but now it can be done in 3-5 minutes.”
The new Linear Accelerator is the first
machine of its kind in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah,
Colorado or Montana. Patients had to travel to
Washington or Oregon to receive treatment
on a machine such as this. This technology
brings Cody, Wyoming to the forefront of
radiation treatment.
DR. JEFFREY
GILROY,
Radiation Oncologist
