HARTFORD, Conn., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Technologies
Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today announced a $1 million contribution to the Smilow
Cancer Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. The Smilow Cancer Hospital will
provide care to patients throughout the region by expanding clinical space
for Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale Cancer Center and Yale School of
Medicine.
"Smilow Cancer Hospital will provide world-class care to our community
and play an important role in the search for a cure to this terrible
disease," said Louis Chenevert, UTC president and chief executive officer.
"Yale Cancer Center is one of only 39 National Cancer Institute-designated
comprehensive cancer centers, and the only one in southern New England. I'm
proud that UTC can support this exceptional new cancer facility in our
community."
The 14-story, 497,000-square-foot Smilow Cancer Hospital, located in
New Haven, Connecticut, will house 112 inpatient beds, outpatient treatment
rooms, expanded operating rooms, diagnostic imaging services, therapeutic
radiology and a specialized Women's Cancer Center.
"Smilow Cancer Hospital will allow us to deliver cancer care in a truly
integrated manner, benefiting our patients," said Marna P. Borgstrom,
Yale-New Haven Hospital president and chief executive officer. "We are
grateful to UTC for its generosity in supporting the cancer hospital, as
well as for the extraordinary personal support of Louis and Debbie
Chenevert and their leadership of our critical fundraising campaign."
Chenevert has served as a member of Yale Cancer Center's Director's
Advisory Board since 2001 and currently serves as co-chairman of the Smilow
Cancer Hospital Campaign Committee.
The contribution from UTC will be recognized in the Women's Health
Center Oncology reception area of Smilow Cancer Hospital, which will
celebrate its last construction milestone with a "topping-off" event on
July 24, 2008.
United Technologies Corp. is a diversified company providing high
technology products and services to the global aerospace and building
industries. UTC's products include Carrier heating and air conditioning,
Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace systems and industrial products, Otis
elevators and escalators, Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines, Sikorsky
helicopters, UTC Fire & Security systems and UTC Power fuel cells. UTC and
its business units employ approximately 27,000 Connecticut residents and
contributed more than $5 million to non-profit organizations in the state
in 2007.
Smilow Cancer Hospital, supported by a major gift from Joel and Joan
Smilow, is slated for completion in 2009. The 14-story facility will house
inpatient and outpatient services for community practitioners and faculty
physicians at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale Cancer Center, one of 39
comprehensive cancer centers recognized by the National Cancer Institute
for exceptional clinical care and scientific research. Patients benefit
from collaborations among internationally renowned scientists and
physicians, enabling the Center to provide the best approaches for
detection, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
Contact: Tom Downie, UTC
(860) 728-7012
Renee Gaudette
Yale Cancer Center
(203) 436-8533
SOURCE United Technologies Corp.
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CONTACT:
Tom Downie, UTC, +1-860-728-7012, or Renee
Gaudette of Yale Cancer Center, +1-203-436-8533
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