NJ’s first free-standing cancer hospital, the Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center, opens in New Brunswick [Video]

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (WABC) — New Jersey’s first and only freestanding, fully comprehensive cancer hospital has opened in New Brunswick.

The Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center is one of only 13 freestanding cancer hospitals in the United States.

The 12-story, 520,000-square-foot facility, connected by a skybridge to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Rutgers Cancer Institute, brings together inpatient and outpatient cancer services coupled with cutting-edge research laboratories all under one roof and delivered in an environment focused on compassionate, patient-centered care.

The Morris Cancer Center is designed to create an exceptional patient experience to enhance healing and recovery.

“Today is a historic day for our health system, the State of New Jersey, and beyond, as we cut the ribbon on the state’s first and only freestanding cancer hospital, and one of only 13 in the country. This hospital is true to our mission of building and sustaining a healthier New Jersey. It is …