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NEW CANCER CENTER
Ribbon cutting Feb. 22 for $17M treatment complex
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A state-of-the-art linear accelerator radiation unit dwarfs oncologist Dr. Amarjit Dhaliwal, M.D. located on the first floor of the Valley Cancer Medical Center. - photo by GLENN KAHL
The Valley Cancer Medical Center is nearly completed and will open Friday, Feb. 22, after 18 months of construction in the 1100 block of Norman Drive just west of Spreckels Avenue.Dr. Amarjit Dhaliwal made the announcement late Thursday afternoon for the two-story structure located near the Doctors Hospital of Manteca Imaging Center. The celebration of its opening is to be guided by the Manteca Chamber of Commerce and will include finger foods and beverages.The roughly $17 million addition to the Manteca medical community will include offices for Dhaliwal and for Dr. Robert Levy, M.D., of Modesto. Both oncologists will continue to see patients at their Modesto offices as well.Dhaliwal said the completion of the cancer center has been the realization of a longtime dream to make a difference in the community for cancer patients.