BOLIVIA, N.C. – The Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Foundation has received a $19,924 community health grant from Susan G. Komen North Carolina Triangle to the Coast to provide free mammograms and diagnostic services for uninsured and underinsured women in Brunswick County.
To qualify for a free mammogram, women who do not have health insurance or are underinsured must be age 40 or up, live in Brunswick County and cannot have had a mammogram in the last year.
“We are grateful to the Susan G. Komen organization for helping us bridge the gap in breast cancer screening with this generous grant,” said Cindy Cheatham, development program manager for the Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Foundation. "This means so much to us as we know it will help us bring a vital diagnostic tool to the women in our community who forgo mammograms because they cannot afford them.”
The American College of Radiology recommends that all women 40 and older receive an annual mammogram.
Standard mammograms and 3D mammograms are available at Brunswick Medical Center six days a week. The mobile mammography coach is also available at various Brunswick County locations and features standard, digital mammography technology, all female technicians, private changing and separate clinical exam room.
For more information or to schedule your mammogram, call 910-721-1485 or visit NovantHealth.org/Pink.
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