3D mammogram equipment coming to Bonners Ferry
Bonners Ferry Herald | UPDATED 5 years, 4 months AGO
Courtesy photo Fry Healthcare Foundation recently donated $26,000 to Boundary Community Hospital for the purchase of mammogram equipment. From left: Kris Perry, BCH Trustee; Elden Koon, Chairman, BCH Trustees; Blanche Studer, BCH Trustee and FHF Board; Craig Johnson, BCH CEO; Carol Julian, President, FHF; Preston Becker, incoming BCH CEO; and Dennis Dinning, BCH Trustee.
At their annual Golf Tournament, Fry Healthcare Foundation (FHF) donated $26,000 to Boundary Community Hospital (BCH) toward the purchase of new Digital Tomosynthesis (3D Mammogram) equipment.
Screening appointments using the new 3D Mammogram equipment will be available beginning Oct. 1, to coincide with national Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The BCH Board of Trustees and FHF Board will be working together on a capital campaign to raise the remaining $285,000 needed to complete the purchase of this life-saving cancer screening equipment.
