$213k in Grants Bolsters Baptist Health’s Cancer Care Services
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The Baptist Health Foundation recently received $213,000 in grants from the American Cancer Society and the National Breast Cancer Foundation to support womens health and oncology initiatives.The National Breast Cancer Foundation awarded the Baptist Health Foundation $123,000 for the patient navigation program and $75,000 for the national mammography program. The patient navigation program helps patients and their families navigate breast cancer services from diagnosis through treatment and survivorship, while the national mammography program provides screening and diagnostic services such as mammograms and ultrasounds to medically underserved individuals.The American Cancer Society awarded the foundation $15,000 in grants to provide transportation and lodging assistance for patients during cancer treatment as part of a nationwide investment of $9 million expected to provide nearly 63,000 eligible patients with nearly 800,000 transportation and lodging services.Feature Photo from Baptist Health website READ ALSO: Mason Named to Ronald McDonald House Global Board