Haines Health Center administrator Stephanie Pattison with the clinic’s new mammogram machine.
Haines women seeking mammograms no longer need to wait for twice-yearly visits from the mobile mammography van. Since October, the Haines Health Center has owned a mammography machine and offers monthly screenings.
With the help of a recent grant, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium purchased three mammogram machines for clinics in Haines, Wrangell and Klawock. Haines was selected due to…