Free Breast Cancer Screening Coming to New Hyde Park

A breast cancer screening program is coming to New Hyde Park on Tuesday, Sept, 16 from 8:45 am to 12 pm at Clinton G. Martin Park.

Appointments are necessary and will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. On site nurses and technicians will provide a mammography, a clinical breast examination and instructions for self examination. Patients and their physicians will be notified of the exam results.

NuHealth’s guidelines for the program are as follows:

• The program is open to Nassau County women.
• Women who are covered by insurance, Medicaid or Medicare will have their carrier billed and must bring their information card to the screening, along with a prescription from their physician. NuHealth policy requires patients to be responsible for any co-pays charged by their carrier.
• Women ages 50 and older without health insurance will be eligible to be enrolled in a grant program which covers the costs of the screening at no out of pocket cost to the patient.

The program is sponsored by Sen. Jack M. Martins, R-Mineola, and Leg. Richard Nicolello, R-New Hyde Park.

Women wishing to make an appointment should call Legislator Nicolello’s office at 516-571-6209.