Free Pap Smears Offered At Jersey City Medical Center This Week

JERSEY CITY, NJ — In honor of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Jersey City Medical Center will offer free Pap smear screenings to women without insurance on Wednesday, Jan. 11, and Friday, Jan. 13.

The screenings will be offered from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Madeline Fiadini LoRe Foundation Infusion Center.

The Medical Center encourages uninsured women in Jersey City who are 21 years and older to register for one of the free Pap smear screenings.

Women should schedule Pap smears once a year to screen for cervical cancer.

According to the American Cancer Society, it is estimated that 14,480 individuals will be newly diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States, and more than 4,000 die from it each year.

Cervical cancer is the only gynecologic cancer that can be prevented through early screenings or routine Pap tests, primary prevention with HPV vaccines, and implementing lifestyle changes including maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active, and eating a healthy diet, along with avoiding or quitting smoking.

To schedule an appointment, please call 201-915-2730 and mention NJCEED cervical cancer screenings clinic. Women without insurance will have their screening funded through a partnership with Jersey City Medical Center and New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection (NJCEED) program. The Infusion Center is located at 414 Grand Street Suite 9 in Jersey City.

More About Jersey City Medical Center

Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is an acute and sub-acute care 348-bed teaching hospital. A not-for-profit hospital, the Medical Center is a state-designated Level II Regional Trauma Center with close to 16,000 admissions and over 80,000 Emergency Department visits annually.

The hospital specialty services include women’s health, orthopedics, heart and vascular care, and behavioral health.

The Medical Center is the only full-service heart hospital in Hudson County, offering access to
outstanding cardiologists and sophisticated and advanced treatments, such as cardiac surgery and
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacements (TAVR).

RWJBarnabas Health and Jersey City Medical Center are in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state’s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Jersey City Medical Center is also a state designated stroke center, a regional comprehensive cardiac center, a perinatal intensive care center, a regional level 3 neonatal intensive care unit for critically ill newborns, and home to the most advanced robotic-assisted surgical program in Hudson County.

Jersey City Medical Center, a provider of Advanced Life Support for Hudson County, runs 911 Medical Call Screening for Hudson County and operates one of the state’s busiest EMS systems.