Free mammograms for some Brunswick County women

Brunswick County, NC (Press Release) — The Novant Health Foundation Brunswick Medical Center has received a $46,150 grant from Susan G. Komen North Carolina Triangle to the Coast to provide free mammograms for uninsured and underinsured women in Brunswick County.

Mammograms are available at Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center 6 days a week or on Novant Health’s mobile mammography coach. The mobile mammography coach will be in Brunswick County on the following dates:

·July 29 – Brunswick County Association of Realtors, Supply
·July 30 – Waterford Medical Plaza, Leland
·August 26 – Sea Trail Medical Center, Sunset Beach
·August 27 – Brunswick Family Assistance Agency, Shallotte

To qualify for a free mammogram, women who do not have health insurance or are underinsured must be age 40 or up, live in Brunswick County and cannot have had a mammogram in the last year.

“We know that early detection greatly increases the rate of survival for breast cancer patients,” said Robin Ashmore, manager of imaging at Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center. “The Komen grant means so much to us as it will help us bring a vital diagnostic tool to the women in our community who forgo mammograms because they cannot afford them.”

For more information or to schedule your mammogram, call 910-721-1485.