Hannibal Regional Foundation is pleased to announce a $1 million grant from Missouri Foundation for Health to benefit regional cancer care in the Hannibal and Kirksville areas. Missouri Foundation for Health’s grant is designated to assist in the purchase of two new linear accelerators, the equipment that delivers external beam radiation to treat cancer. A new state-of-the-art linear accelerator has been purchased for the Cary Cancer Center in Hannibal and will be used to treat cancer patients by December of this year. Construction on a new cancer center in Kirksville is on track for a June 2027 opening, and the linear accelerator for this new, much needed cancer center, is partially funded through Missouri Foundation for Health’s grant. Hannibal Regional has been delivering quality, compassionate radiation oncology care at the Cary Cancer Center for over 20 years, and will soon be offering this same life-saving service to the residents in the Kirksville area. Radiation oncology services have not been available in Kirksville for over four years, so currently patients facing a cancer diagnosis that requires radiation oncology are forced to travel 90 miles each way, five days a week, often for 4 to 6 weeks to receive their treatment. Hannibal Regional is humbled and honored to receive Missouri Foundation for Health’s support in bringing these life-saving services back to Kirksville. “We are so grateful for our long-standing partnership with Missouri Foundation for Health. Over the years we have worked together on many projects to help improve the lives of our patients and communities, bringing better health to rural areas,” shares Todd Ahrens, President & CEO of Hannibal Regional Healthcare System.