{"id":24141,"date":"2024-11-18T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24141"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:28:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:28:32","slug":"st-joseph-mercy-hospital-launches-breast-cancer-awareness-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/st-joseph-mercy-hospital-launches-breast-cancer-awareness-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Launches Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 19, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Joseph Mercy Hospital has kicked off its annual Breast Cancer Awareness campaign, aimed at promoting early detection through accessible mammograms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative offers women the opportunity to undergo mammograms for a reduced fee of just $1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital&#8217;s Director of Medical Services, Sonia Gray, explained that the campaign is a way for the institution to give back to the community while supporting the fight against breast cancer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hospital continues to emphasize the importance of early detection in saving lives, aligning with this year&#8217;s theme: &#8220;No one should face cancer alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the beneficiaries of the initiative shared her experience, expressing gratitude for the opportunity to undergo the screening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that early detection was crucial for peace of mind and encouraged others to take advantage of the offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative, which began in 2015, will run throughout the week, providing more women with access to vital screenings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Joseph Mercy Hospital remains committed to raising awareness and offering support to those affected by breast cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 19, 2024 St. Joseph Mercy Hospital has kicked off its annual Breast Cancer Awareness campaign, aimed at promoting early detection through accessible mammograms. The initiative offers women the opportunity&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24142,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24141\/revisions\/24142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}