Ascension St. Mary's unveils million mobile mammography bus

Ascension St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw has a new $1 million bus available to screen for breast cancer across Mid-Michigan. SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) ...

October 22, 2022
1:24 AM

Ascension St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw has a new $1 million bus available to screen for breast cancer across Mid-Michigan. SAGINAW, Mich. (WJRT) - Mammograms are going mobile in Mid-Michigan.Ascension St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw rolled out its brand new $1 million mobile breast cancer screening center on Thursday.The hospital wants to address the unusually high death rate for individuals with breast cancer in Mid-Michigan, Northern Michigan and the Thumb region.While mammograms don't prevent breast cancer, they can save lives by finding it earlier.

Ryan Jeltema