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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - More women successful southeast Fresno volition person amended entree to bosom crab screenings.
The United Health Centers' gathering connected Minnewawa Avenue is present capable to springiness mammograms to patients.
"Doing this truly improves the assemblage and the accessibility for mammography services for patients. We request to person these services successful our patients' backyards wherever they live. It's hard for a batch of the communities to beryllium capable to entree these things successful different areas of the city," United Health Centers President and CEO Justin Preas said.
Over the past fewer years, helium said they've seen issues with women needing mammograms, but conscionable not being capable to get 1 done.
"Last year, we unsocial referred retired implicit 15,000 women for mammography services and little than fractional were capable to get to that appointment," Preas said.
Preas says being capable to bash mammogram screenings on-site is simply a crippled changer. He says with this caller service, they tin surface astir 25 patients daily, which adds up to 500 to 600 women a month.
The state-of-the-art instrumentality allows the technician to beryllium precise, and thoroughly cheque for immoderate issues. Breast crab is the astir communal crab for women worldwide, truthful having this exertion successful southeast Fresno is crucial.
While crucial, Preas says it's besides expensive.
"The mammography instrumentality unsocial was astir $300,000 and to beryllium capable to wage for that, we did enactment done our instauration for philanthropic dollars to beryllium capable to assistance wage for the mammography equipment," helium said.
Appointments are present open, and Preas says they're hoping to bring the aforesaid instrumentality to their Visalia determination soon.
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