Hospital systems roll out pricey cancer-screening units
The St. Elizabeth Foundation has received $1.5 million to pay for another mobile mammography unit, which will help screen for breast cancer among rural populations in Northern Kentucky, Southwest Ohio and Southeast Indiana.
The grant from the Cincinnati-based Maxon Foundation includes $1 million for the van and the screening technology housed within, plus $500,000 for maintenance in the years to come. U.S. Bank is trustee for the foundation, which was founded by the late Glenway Maxon Jr. to focus…
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