Feliz presents St. Barnabas with $495K check
On. Oct. 21, NYC Councilman
Oswald Feliz presented a
$495,000 check to St. Barnabas
Hospital that will provide for
state-of-the-art technology
that will support the hospital’s
efforts in fi ghting breast
cancer and other conditions.
The grant from the City
Council includes $360,000
for retrofi tting the hospital’s
mammography van with the
latest 3D technology. The van
travels throughout the Bronx
to diagnose women where they
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live. An additional $135,000
will be used for two diagnostic
ultrasound imaging systems
that will be made available at
the Women’s Imaging Center at
the SBH Health and Wellness
Center, which provides full
service for women from
diagnosis to biopsy, and at the
main hospital.
One in eight women in
America will get breast cancer.
The stage of breast cancer at
diagnosis varies by racial/
ethnic and socioeconomic
group. According to the
CDC, women from minority
and medically underserved
populations are more likely to
be diagnosed with advanced or
late-stage breast cancer, that
has spread beyond the breast.
This includes Black and Latina
women, as well as those women
with lower income or level of
education. This became even
more apparent during the
height of the pandemic when
many women put off screenings
and treatment because of fear
of exposure to COVID. Early
diagnosis is key in reducing
death and disfi gurement from
breast cancer.
Women whose breast cancer
is detected at an early stage
have a 93% higher survival
rate in the fi rst fi ve years,
according to the American
Cancer Society.
-Bronx Times
NYC Councilman Oswald Feliz presents a $495,000 check to executives at St. Barnabas Hospital at the new SBH Health and Wellness Center.
Photo courtesy Steve Clark
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