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There were smiles all round as some of the people who led the charge for a complete cancer centre in Dubbo gathered for our photo. As Dr Florian Honeyball (pictured far right) told the gathering, “This will be of benefit for people across the vast Western Region and beyond.” PHOTO: DUBBO PHOTO NEWS
CAN-DO CANCER CENTRE By JOHN RYAN
Years for approval and planning – now it’s rising from the ground at record speed
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PLENTY of smiles marked the media tour of the new $35 million cancer centre that’s rapidly being constructed at Dubbo Hospital and the presentation, and traditional topping-out ceremony, almost went off without a hitch. Parkes MP Mark Coulton, our local federal member who secured plenty of funding for the project, said there was no way he was going to miss being raised up in the scissor lift to place a ceremonial tree on top of the building – even though he said he’s scared of heights. “I’m terrified of heights but there’s no wayy I’m not going to get in that thing (scissor lift) and put that tree up,” he (scisso
said. But when Dubbo’s state MP Dugald Saunders scrambled aboard the pintsized scissor lift, it failed at the most inopportune moment. “Too heavy,” scissor lift operator Dave Hurst said, and Mr Saunders had to jump off. But nothing so trivial could spoil the nature of the day and the Dubbo MP was laughing more than anyone else. After Mark Coulton had posed for the photo opp, Dugald Saunders had his turn with the tree and said as an ABC radio presenter in Dubbo for 10 years, the issue of a fully-fledged cancer centre was brought up time after time. Continued on page 4
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