Cancer Center Opens In Spokane Washington
The devastating effects of cancer can take a toll on a person's psychological and physical well-being. Some of that pain has been relieved with a new cancer center opening in Spokane Washington.
'For the first time, women in Spokane Valley can find services for detecting and treating breast cancer in one place, under one roof.
Before, patients had to travel from building to building in the Valley Hospital and Medical Center's sprawling campus.
But the new Women's Imaging Center, which opened last month, can now handle almost all breast cancer treatment and prevention needs.
"There's an emotional impact of getting everything taken care of at once in one place," said Kathy Holiday, the manager of imaging services for the hospital.
All connected by a few hallways, several devices for detecting breast cancer are located within walking distance of one another.
The center has a mammogram machine and an MRI scanner, as well as several X-ray and ultrasound devices.
Before, when the machines were housed in various buildings, a patient who required a certain procedure might have to get a wire inserted in her breast, then travel across a parking lot in a hospital gown to get a scan.
"Now, from start to finish, they can have almost everything they need right here," said Cheryl Irick, a mammography technologist in the center.
The new imaging center is the only such facility between Coeur d'Alene and downtown Spokane, Holiday said.
Currently, because the center is fairly new, many people can walk in to have tests done, said DeeAnn Towne, the coordinator for mammography services at the center.
Doctors recommend women have a mammogram every one or two years after age 40.
Along with housing the equipment under one roof, some of the machines received upgrades during the move, Holiday said.
Much of the center's costs were paid by a more than $67,000 grant from the Safeway Corp.
And there's always another incentive to using the Valley Hospital's new imaging center, Towne said.
"You don't have to look for parking."'
Cancer Center Opens In Spokane Washington
'For the first time, women in Spokane Valley can find services for detecting and treating breast cancer in one place, under one roof.
Before, patients had to travel from building to building in the Valley Hospital and Medical Center's sprawling campus.
But the new Women's Imaging Center, which opened last month, can now handle almost all breast cancer treatment and prevention needs.
"There's an emotional impact of getting everything taken care of at once in one place," said Kathy Holiday, the manager of imaging services for the hospital.
All connected by a few hallways, several devices for detecting breast cancer are located within walking distance of one another.
The center has a mammogram machine and an MRI scanner, as well as several X-ray and ultrasound devices.
Before, when the machines were housed in various buildings, a patient who required a certain procedure might have to get a wire inserted in her breast, then travel across a parking lot in a hospital gown to get a scan.
"Now, from start to finish, they can have almost everything they need right here," said Cheryl Irick, a mammography technologist in the center.
The new imaging center is the only such facility between Coeur d'Alene and downtown Spokane, Holiday said.
Currently, because the center is fairly new, many people can walk in to have tests done, said DeeAnn Towne, the coordinator for mammography services at the center.
Doctors recommend women have a mammogram every one or two years after age 40.
Along with housing the equipment under one roof, some of the machines received upgrades during the move, Holiday said.
Much of the center's costs were paid by a more than $67,000 grant from the Safeway Corp.
And there's always another incentive to using the Valley Hospital's new imaging center, Towne said.
"You don't have to look for parking."'
Cancer Center Opens In Spokane Washington
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