Newport Hospital Offering Free Screening Mammograms
(posted October 7, 2009)
Newport Hospital is pleased to offer free screening mammograms and breast exams to uninsured and underinsured Rhode Island women. Exams are being scheduled for Saturday, October 17, from 8 a.m. to noon, and an appointment for a free mammogram will be made at that time.
If you live in Rhode Island, are 40 years old or older, and do not have health insurance that covers a screening mammogram, please call 845-1592 to schedule a free breast exam and screening mammogram. You will have a choice of location, either Newport Hospital or the hospital’s new Portsmouth Imaging Center, and the hospital will provide transportation and interpreter services for those who require them. Please call by Friday, March 13.
Breast cancer strikes one out of eight women, and early detection is essential. Newport Hospital uses digital mammography, which was shown in a 2005 study to detect 28% more breast cancers in women under the age of 50 than conventional mammography does.