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MGH Foundation funds mammography machine

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Heart club gets $1,000

Mason General Hospital Foundation (MGHF) completed its funding of new digital mammography equipment by meeting a goal of $475,000 in 2010.

The goal was reached due to the generosity of community members, event steering committees, volunteers and MGH Foundation affiliate organizations, Sherwood Hospital Guild, Centennial

Hospital Guild and the Karen Hilburn Breast and Cervical Cancer Fund.

The Heart Healthy Club, a support group for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), also received funds from the foundation. The $1,000 donation will be used to purchase weight scales for CHF patients who are not able to purchase their own. Monitoring one's weight while at risk of CHF is important to self-management of the chronic condition.



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