Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Petersburg to offer three-dimensional digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Bus will be at WVU Medicine Grant Memorial Hospital’s Family Health & Fun Fair Petersburg from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 6.
For an appointment, call Ranese Cross-Shreve at 304-257-1026, extension 385809. With the registration process and insurance clearance taking a while, it is recommended that anyone interested in the screening call early to schedule an appointment. A physician’s order is needed for a mammogram.
The screening mammograms are billed to private insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare, if available. Patients who are underinsured or uninsured and meet enrollment criteria will be assisted in enrolling in the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program to cover the cost of their screening mammogram. Uninsured women living in West Virginia who are 40 and older can receive a free screening mammogram through the generosity of grant funding and donations.
Bonnie’s Bus has provided more than 33,000 mammograms for women throughout West Virginia and led to the detection of more than 190 cases of breast cancer since 2009. Many of those screened are underinsured or uninsured and qualify for screening through the WVBCCSP.
Bonnie’s Bus works in collaboration with a statewide partnership of clinicians, public health professionals, women’s groups, and other community leaders working to help reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer in West Virginia.
Made possible by a generous gift from Jo and Ben Statler, West Virginia natives, to the Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Bus is operated in partnership with WVU Hospitals. The Bus is named after Jo Statler’s late mother, Bonnie Wells Wilson.
For information on Bonnie’s Bus, go to WVUCancer.org/Bonnie.
