Partnership Provides Free Mammograms to Indy-area Women

INDIANAPOLIS - Many local needy women will receive free mammograms because of a continued initiative supported by the Indiana University School of Medicine National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health and Quilt America!

The Yes Mam! ® Mammogram Challenge is a project established by Quilt America!, a national initiative by which quiltmakers raise funds from their creations to support free mammograms in communities throughout the United States.

The CoE has received funding from the project since 1998, enabling the St. Margaret’s Diagnostic Breast Center at Wishard Hospital to provide free mammograms to more than 300 needy women annually. The center also has a mobile unit that provides on-site mammograms.

The average cost of a mammogram is $100.

“Mammography is a recognized and proven health procedure that saves lives, but many women remain untested because of the costs,” says Tina Darling, CoE project coordinator. “The Mammogram Challenge alleviates that situation and raises public awareness of breast cancer screening and treatment.”

For more information about:
IU School of Medicine National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, go to its Web site at http://www.iupui.edu/~womenhlt/

St. Margaret’s Diagnostic Breast Center at Wishard Hospital, go to http://www.wishard.edu/internet/women/index.html

Yes Mam! ® Mammogram Challenge and Quilt America! contact Rita Barber, Barber Diversified, P.O. Box 503,Carlinville, IL 62626.

Media Contact: Joe Stuteville
Tel: (317)274-7722
Email: jstutevi@iupui.edu

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