O'Bleness' Phase I-Castrop Center Complete
June 6, 2005
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital hosted a public open house and tours at the Castrop Center, located in O'Bleness Medical Park at 75 Hospital Dr. in Athens, on Sunday, May 15.
The Castrop Center is located just a few hundred feet from O'Bleness Memorial Hospital and is named for hospital President Richard F. Castrop. The three-story, 91,000-square-foot facility provides the community with a number of services that will make health care in the area more comprehensive and convenient, a press release said.
During the open house, visitors were guided on tours of the O'Bleness outpatient services located in the center and the Athens Surgery Center. Visitors were also guided on a tour of the new Athens Cancer Center, which will begin offering radiation oncology services for cancer patients within the next few months. Physicians and the local American Cancer Society patient navigator were on hand in their offices to meet those who visited during the open-house event.
Shimmering Silver Flute Quartet, a group of Ohio University students, performed in the center's lobby, and light refreshments were served by members of the Hospital Guild.
Visitors at the open house enjoyed a variety of artworks created by local artists and others. The Castrop Center lobby featured commissioned artwork by Anthony Becker titled "Sheltering Arms," the name of the hospital's first facility that opened in 1921 in Athens. This collage depicts diverse individuals joining hands to "shelter" children.
The first floor of the Castrop Center houses the O'Bleness' rehabilitation center, laboratory and patient registration satellites, as well as radiology and medical imaging services. Athens Surgery Center and Eye Physicians and Surgeons of Athens Inc. are also located on the first floor. A number of offices for physicians and specialists are located on the second and third floors of the center. These physicians provide services in cardiology and vascular medicine, dermatology, family medicine, general and vascular surgery, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, infectious diseases, internal medicine, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), orthopedics, pathology, podiatry and pulmonology.
The American Cancer Society and O'Bleness have partnered to establish an office in the center for a patient navigator, who provides resources and assistance to patients with cancer.
Visitors and patients who approach the complex from Union Street will notice a large, boxy extension of the center. This addition will house a linear accelerator for radiation therapy. Physicians specializing in radiation oncology will have offices at the center.
The Castrop Center is phase I of O'Bleness' four-phase expansion project, according to the press release.
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