Holy Redeemer to Offer Free Breast Cancer Screenings

Holy Redeemer Women’s HealthCare at Southampton will offer FREE Breast Cancer Screenings from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Screenings are open to the public, and are available to women ages 40 and older who are uninsured and have not had a mammogram in the past year. Attendees will meet with a nurse; watch a breast self-exam DVD; and receive a free breast exam from a breast surgeon, a free mammogram, and educational materials.

Screenings are by appointment only, and may be scheduled by calling 1-800-818-4747. The deadline for registration is Friday, July 6, 2012. Holy Redeemer Women’s HealthCare at Southampton is located at 45 2nd Street Pike, Southampton.

About the Holy Redeemer Breast Health Program
The Charles A. and Betty Bott Cancer Center at Holy Redeemer Hospital, in conjunction with Holy Redeemer Women’s HealthCare at Southampton, offers compassionate care for which Holy Redeemer is known, state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment options, access to clinical trials, as well as integrative services and community educational and outreach programs and screenings. The Holy Redeemer Breast Health Program, which focuses on wellness, state-of-the-art cancer detection, treatment, and holistic healing, is headquartered at Holy Redeemer Women’s HealthCare at Southampton (PA). This unique center combines diagnostics, real-time read results, surgical consults, and complementary therapies to help heal the whole woman. As a member of the Penn Cancer Network, Holy Redeemer’s cancer services are complemented by the resources and expertise of Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center.

Holy Redeemer BreastCare has earned several accreditations, including one for our exemplary delivery of breast care from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), and Accreditation with Commendation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (ACoS CoC).

About Holy Redeemer Health System
With an emphasis on providing a continuum of care, Holy Redeemer Health System remains true to the mission to care, comfort and heal that its sponsors, the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer, began in our region in 1924 – to provide high quality, compassionate care. Today, Holy Redeemer offers a wide range of healthcare and health-related services, including an acute care hospital, home health and hospice services, two skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, a retirement community, low-income housing, an active living community, and a transitional housing program for homeless women and children. With corporate offices in Huntingdon Valley, PA, Holy Redeemer Health System is a Catholic healthcare provider, serving southeastern Pennsylvania and 11 counties in New Jersey, from Union County south to Cape May County.