According
to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Northside Hospital has received a nearly $160,000
grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure Atlanta Affiliate. The award to the
hospital’s Cancer Institute will help pay for screening mammograms and other
breast diagnostic procedures for women who cannot afford them.
As
a National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Center, Northside offers a range
of services for every aspect of breast care, and more cases of breast cancer
are treated at Northside than any other community hospital in the Southeast.
Komen
Atlanta’s grant program funds community programs that provide vital breast care
services to women who are medically uninsured and underserved.
Of the $158,803 given to
Northside in 2013, $142,456 will go toward helping qualified applicants receive
screening mammograms and breast diagnostic services including diagnostic
mammograms, breast ultrasounds, biopsies and more to women in need. The remaining
$16,347 in grant funds will help Northside provide screening mammograms in
partnership with Komen Atlanta’s Worship in Pink Program, which encourages
Atlanta's churches, mosques and synagogues to spread the life-saving message of
early detection.
This is the eleventh year that
Northside has received grant money from Komen Atlanta, with funds totaling more
than $696,000. In 2012, 875 women were served by Northside’s Komen funds.
Breast cancer was detected in five women, who otherwise may have gone
untreated.
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/a-healthy-conversation/2013/05/northside-hospital.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article
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