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FREE health screenings offered for uninsured county residents

By Billie Owens

United Memorial Medical Center will offer FREE important health screenings to uninsured Genesee County residents between the ages of 40 and 64 next week.

The screenings will take place from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 8, at the Jerome Center, 16 Bank St., Batavia.

Please call United Memorial’s Healthy Living Department to schedule an appointment at  344-5331.

Services will include blood-sugar testing, total cholesterol and take-home colorectal cancer screening kits. Healthcare providers will also give free mammograms, pap smears and clinical breast exams for women and prostate screening exams for men.

Light refreshments, health information and free giveaways will also be available.

This event is planned by the Cancer Services Partnership of Genesee and Orleans Counties, and made possible by a state grant administered by United Memorial.

Peter O'Brien

Its not free, someone is footing the bill. My guess is the cost is covered by either a grant or the fees that people have to pay when they visit the hospital.

Feb 28, 2012, 7:13am Permalink
Billie Owens

As it states in the last paragraph, the screenings are made possible through a state grant. Preventative measures and early diagnoses help save the taxpayers money in the long run, since they are going to foot the bill for the uninsured anyway.

Feb 28, 2012, 12:53pm Permalink

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