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Register now for free women's health screenings
SANFORD - In celebration of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Goodall Hospital and its Center for Women's Health are hosting a special Women's Health Screening Day on Wednesday, Oct. 4.Pre-Registration is required for the event, which will be held from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
At the Screening Day, women will be provided with a free clinical exam by a doctor, a pap test and a mammogram.
The clinical exams and pap tests will be performed by Dr. Roland Baker and Dr. Kathleen Morris of the Center for Women's Health.
Mammograms will be provided directly after the exam.
All the services, including the mammogram, will take place at Goodall's new Medical Office Building, located adjacent to the hospital.
All screening tests and medical exams will be provided at no cost to women who are between the ages of 30 and 64; have no insurance, or have insurance with a high deductible or that does not cover the cost of the tests, and meet certain income guidelines.
Please note that to be eligible, women in their 30s must be at higher risk of breast cancer, due to family breast cancer or personal history of breast biopsies.
Women between the ages of 40 and 64 do not need to be at high risk to participate.
Please call 283-7685 to see if you qualify and to schedule a time.
Screening services are funded by the Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program, a collaborative effort of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the federal Centers for Disease Control.
Screenings for women in their 30s are funded by the Maine Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
The program is administered by SMMC Visiting Nurses.
