Public Hearing Scheduled For Danbury Cancer Treatment Facility

DANBURY, CT — An online public hearing regarding the Certificate Of Need application of a new cancer treatment facility has been scheduled for April 1

The application of Danbury Proton LLC was approved in May by the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy, which is now obligated to hold the hearing.

Connecticut’s Certificate of Need regulatory program requires health care providers to obtain state approval prior to making major changes in the healthcare landscape such as mergers, substantial capital investments in new equipment or facilities, changing access to services, discontinuing a medical service, or introducing a new technology like proton therapy.

Proton therapy is a non-invasive cancer-fighting tool first used to treat patients in 1954. It received approval by the Food & Drug Administration in 1988. The treatment protects healthy tissue and sensitive organs, according to the company, resulting in few to no side effects. There are currently only 36 operational proton therapy centers in the entire United States, and none in Connecticut.

Located at 85 Wooster Heights near Route 7, I-84, Danbury Municipal Airport and Danbury Hospital, the new treatment center will serve patients from across the northeast. Company officials have promised that the Danbury Proton project will create over 100 construction jobs during a two-year period.

The hearing for the new state-of-art proton therapy cancer treatment center will begin at 10 am via online Zoom conference call.