The Jefferson Cary Foundation (JCF) board members have set a fund-raising goal of $800,000 for the construction/renovation project that will bring a new Women’s Imaging Center to Cary Medical Center. With generous donations totaling $700,000 already received from several sources, including both Cary and Pines Health Services employees, volunteers and board members; the Cary Ladies Auxiliary, the Foundation, and corporate/community donations, the project has begun and is scheduled for completion by year’s end.
With the focus on patient comfort, convenience and privacy, the new Women’s Imaging Center will provide a spa-like private waiting area and individual changing rooms with personal lockable armoires. The specialty trained mammography technologists will engage patients in a “navigation process” helping women through their procedures whether a routine screening mammogram or a diagnostic exam, making sure the patient has the best possible experience with support from her medical team.
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| Contributed photo Katahdin Trust Company recently donated $7,500 to the Jefferson Cary Foundation’s Capital Campaign project for the new Women’s Imaging Center at Cary Medical Center. The foundation is in the midst of an $800,000 fundraising campaign for the renovation/construction project scheduled for completion in the hospital’s radiology department by year’s end. Here, presenting the donation to Mary Harrigan, far left, executive director of the Jefferson Cary Foundation, and Pam Scheppele, president of the foundation’s board of directors, are Katahdin Trust Company officials Peggy Smith, Caribou branch manager, and Craig Staples, commercial loan officer for the Caribou and Presque Isle offices. |
The Women’s Imaging Center will feature a state of the art, Mammomat Inspiration Full-Field Digital Mammography System and Stereotactic Breast Biopsy System, the most advanced diagnostic services in northern Maine, according to hospital officials. The Mammomat Inspiration offers digital screening and diagnostic mammography producing excellent image quality using industry leading technology designed to minimize the patient’s radiation dose and exposure time. There currently is no other unit of its kind north of Boston.
The Center will also feature the MammoTest digital stereotactic breast biopsy system, also the first of its kind north of Bangor. This minimally invasive procedure allows for the extraction of identified breast tissue for biopsy with the patient in a more comfortable prone position, in many cases eliminating the need for a more invasive surgical procedure, Cary officials said.
The Aroostook Republican & News will feature a special space in the newspaper each week to keep the public apprised of the where the Women’s Imaging Center fund drive is at. For more information or to donate, please contact the Jefferson Cary Foundation at 493-4849.
