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Pink lights and easily scheduled mammograms mark Breast Health Awareness Month; Outdoor display at Community Hospital North honors patients and caregivers

For release on October 03, 2012

Indianapolis, IN---It’s Breast Health Awareness Month, and Community Health Network is marking the occasion with a display of pink lights and an expanded schedule of easy-to-access mammograms. The pink lights glow outside Community Hospital North throughout October, while the preventive health services are easy to find both on the hospital campus and close to home at Community Health Pavilion Saxony in Fishers.

Lit nightly in honor of Community’s breast cancer patients and dedicated cancer caregivers, the lights are strung through the trees and atop light poles in front of Community North’s main entrance. Visitors are welcome to drive around the traffic circle to enjoy the lights, or park for free in the adjacent parking garage and view the display from one of the benches outside.

Prevention is the most important message of Breast Health Awareness Month. The American Cancer Society recommends a yearly mammogram and clinical breast exam for women starting at age 40, and a clinical breast exam every three years for women in their 20s or 30s. “With the installation of new full-field digital mammography equipment and the ability to perform screening mammograms through 7 p.m. each weeknight, we are able to provide quick access for the patients we serve,” said Sue Sandberg, executive vice president.In addition, the screening center at the Community Health Pavilion Saxony, 13121 Olio Road in Fishers, offers walk-in screening mammograms with no appointment necessary, weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

About Community Health Network
Ranked among the nation’s most integrated healthcare systems, Community Health Network is Central Indiana’s leader in providing convenient access to exceptional healthcare services, where and when patients need them—in hospitals, health pavilions and doctor’s offices, as well as workplaces, schools and homes. As a non-profit health system with over 200 sites of care and affiliates throughout Central Indiana, Community’s full continuum of care integrates hundreds of physicians, specialty and acute care hospitals, surgery centers, home care services, MedChecks, behavioral health and employer health services. To learn more, visit eCommunity.com or call 800-777-7775.

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Lynda de Widt, Media Relations
Lynda de Widt
Media Relations