MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Franklin Parish Medical Center celebrated a new addition to their services.

It is a new partnership with Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center to enhance cancer care in Franklin Parish.

The center offers a new infusion center, exam rooms and more.

One oncology doctor at the center, Dr. Manish Dhawan, says the partnership with Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is a vital necessity for a rural community like Winnsboro.

He says, “Cancer care is emotionally very impactful to patients and their families. It also has become very complex, requires a lot of coordination, multidisciplinary management, and it’s best delivered when patients are closer to the physician or vice versa, the physician is closer to the patient.”

As the partnership grows, Franklin Medical Center and Mary B

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