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Bonnie’s Bus Scheduled for Additional June Stops Including Two Visits to Lewis County



Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Cabell, Kanawha, and Lewis counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.  


 


  • Valley Health Pea Ridge in Huntington from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 10. For an appointment, call 304-781-5001.

  • Cabin Creek Health Center in Dawes from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 11. For an appointment, call 304-595-5006.

  • Family Medical Clinic of Jane Lew from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 12. For an appointment, call 304-884-7880.

  • Camden Family Health in Weston from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 13. For an appointment, call 304-226-5725 ext. 1044.


The screening mammograms are billed to private insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare, if available. Patients who are underinsured or uninsured and meet enrollment criteria will be assisted in enrolling in the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (WVBCCSP) to cover the cost of their screening mammogram. Uninsured women living in West Virginia who are 40 and older can receive a free screening mammogram on the Bus through the generosity of grant funding and donations. A physician’s order is needed for a mammogram.


 


Bonnie’s Bus has provided more than 33,000 mammograms for women throughout West Virginia and led to the detection of more than 190 cases of breast cancer since 2009. Many of those screened are underinsured or uninsured and qualify for screening through the WVBCCSP. 


 


Bonnie’s Bus works in collaboration with a statewide partnership of clinicians, public health professionals, women’s groups, and other community leaders working to help reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer in West Virginia.

  

Made possible by a generous gift from West Virginia natives Jo and Ben Statler to the Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Bus is operated in partnership with WVU Hospitals. The Bus is named after Jo Statler’s late mother, Bonnie Wells Wilson.


 



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