Cancer screening service debuts

Community representatives join staff members from the St. Luke’s Elmore Medical Center as chief operations officer Lisa Melchiorre cuts the ribbon to officially mark the launch of the hospital’s new breast health mobile clinic during a ceremony held May 16.

Photo by Brian S. Orban

Efforts to detect early signs of breast cancer among patients in the Mountain Home area took a step forward as members of the St. Luke’s Elmore Medical Center officially dedicated the arrival of a new mobile clinic service at the local hospital.

City officials joined members of the local medical center as they took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 16 to celebrate the addition of the new breast health mobile clinic, which provides the hospital with enhanced three-dimensional mammogram screenings.

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