The Convenience of Free and Low-cost Digital Mobile Mammography Screenings Comes to area Women
The SWIM Women’s Imaging Center will offer the following free and low-cost digital mammography screening for women age 35 and older during the month of September:
- Friday, September 10, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Glen Ayre Apartments, 1 Glen Ayre Drive, New Milford, CT
- Saturday, September 11, 2010, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1719 Post Road, Fairfield, CT
- Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Massage Envy, 2279 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield, CT
- Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Boomers & Beyond Health Expo, Holiday Inn, 1070 Main St., Bridgeport, CT
- Saturday, September 18, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Calvary New Testament Church of God, 1880 Barnum Ave, Bridgeport, CT
- Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Stop & Shop, 40 Quality St., Trumbull, CT
The latest American Cancer Society guidelines recommend that all women have a mammogram by age 40, and then every year thereafter.
Mammograms are free for those who do not have health insurance, have financial limitations and qualify for assistance. For those who do not have insurance but do not qualify for free services, mammograms are discounted. Appointments are necessary and a physician order and insurance card must be brought to the appointment.
To schedule an appointment or to find out when the mobile mammography unit will be in your area, call St. Vincent’s SWIM Women’s Imaging Center at (203) 576-5500. To schedule a screening site for your office, community center, school or church, call the Mobile Mammography Coordinator at (203) 576-5505.
The mobile mammography program, one of the largest no-cost and low-cost mammography screening campaigns in all of Fairfield County, is made possible through St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound, Connecticut’s leader in cancer education, prevention screenings and support services in the area.
For more information, contact the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation at (203) 576-5451 or visit www.swimacrossthesound.org.
