Patient parking changes as expansion begins at St. Francis Cancer Center

INDIANAPOLIS – Patient parking is poised to change temporarily to make way for expanding the St. Francis Cancer Center at 8111 S. Emerson Ave.

Beginning June 21, patients with appointments will receive priority parking in a designated area monitored by an attendant from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. That area is near the center’s main entry (Entrance No. 4).

“Patients with frequent or recurring appointments will receive a parking pass from the Cancer Center allowing them unrestricted access to patient parking spaces,” said Kent Brumbaugh, executive director of St. Francis Cancer Services. “Construction will continue through early 2012 and parking will be limited during that time.”

Site preparations are set to get under way for a $34 million expansion of the center. The facility is adding 60,000-square feet – quadrupling its current size – providing more services to patients in central Indiana.

The project includes:

• an expanded breast center
• medical offices for breast and gynecological oncology surgeons
• increased medical office space for medical oncology/hematology
• outpatient bone marrow transplant clinic and supporting laboratories
• larger and improved medical infusion center
• PET CT department
• an on-site location for the cancer research department
• meditation chapel/spiritual room
• patient resource center
• an appearance center where patients can purchase wigs and prostheses
• a conference center for accommodating support groups and educational sessions.

Patients and caregivers having questions about parking can call 317-783-8918.

More information about St. Francis Cancer Center services and programs is at http://www.stfrancishospitals.org/cancer.