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Originally Posted by newguyintv
The Moffitt Center which arrived several years ago with great fanfare and TV requesting over a million bucks in donations for equipment is no more. They never intended to nor did they ever offer full services for cancer treatments which are available only at their main location in Tampa. Anyone concerned about what happened to the money that was donated and about why the relationship with TV deteriorated in such a short time.
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I think you'll find that the money donated by residents was not misspent or lost. I also doubt that Moffitt entered into the contract with a pre-determined decision that they would only offer external radiation therapy, and none of the other cancer therapies available in Tampa.
It would certainly appear that the contract executed by The Villages Regional Hospital, at the time owned by the Developer, provided for an "out" if Moffitt or the hospital failed to perform well-defined actions. For whatever reason, Moffitt made the business decision that the would not invest in the other planned cancer therapy services required by the contract with TVRH. As the result, TVRH executed the "out" which resulted in Moffitt closing its doors in TV.
But other than another cancer therapy company buying out Moffitt with the intent to offer all the originally-planned services, little else has changed. The state-of-the-art machine purchased with resident donations is still there and treating patients. In fact other than the radiation oncologist, who chose to return to a practice up north, even the technicians and nurses who operate the external radiation therapy remain the same. The new owner-operator, a statewide cancer therapy firm, will be moving several other therapy practices (medical oncology, infusion therapies, etc.) from other office space in the Sharon Morse building into expanded space formerly occupied by Moffitt. So the more comprehensive menu of cancer treatments originally planned by the Developer with Moffitt will be offered, even though neither the Developer or Moffitt are no longer involved.