FOR WOMEN—Kathryn Stiles, director of philanthropy for the Adventist Well being Simi Valley Basis, speaks throughout a thirtieth anniversary celebration of the Nancy Reagan Breast Heart. An effort is underway to broaden the power so it could actually serve extra ladies. Courtesy of Adventist Well being Simi Valley
Simi Valley isn’t solely dwelling to the Reagan Library, it’s dwelling to a facility that helps save ladies’s lives—because of former first woman Nancy Reagan.
Established in July 1994 by her—a breast most cancers survivor—the Nancy Reagan Breast Heart positioned on the Adventist Well being Simi Valley hospital campus at 2750 N. Sycamore Drive has been a beacon of hope, offering life-changing, world-class breast imaging and care to the group, hospital officers stated in a press release.
“For greater than 30 years, the Nancy Reagan Breast Heart has supplied lifesaving breast most cancers screenings for locals all through Ventura County,” stated Jennifer Swenson, president of Adventist Well being Simi Valley. “We display greater than 10,000 ladies yearly for breast most cancers, saving lives with early detection and prevention.”
Reagan’s breast most cancers prognosis got here from a routine mammogram screening.
“(She) determined to make her scenario public as a way to broaden consciousness of breast most cancers and the necessity for normal mammograms,” stated Kathryn Stiles, director of philanthropy for the Adventist Well being Simi Valley Basis. “We’re honored to be the one and solely middle together with her title and it’s our want to broaden and renovate the middle to proceed to dwell as much as her dedication to assist others.”
The middle affords free mammography companies to the Free Clinic of Simi Valley, which gives medical care to people and households in want, no matter their potential to pay.
Monetary help additionally is on the market. Adventist Well being companions with MDsave, which lets sufferers see clear, upfront pricing for the care they’ll obtain. If a affected person doesn’t qualify for a authorities program, they could qualify for low-income monetary help. They’ll full an utility when receiving care or get extra info by calling Adventist Well being’s monetary help staff at (844) 827-5047.
To proceed Reagan’s mission of guaranteeing that girls throughout Ventura County obtain professional breast care, the Adventist Well being Simi Valley Basis is working to boost $2 million to renovate and broaden the Nancy Reagan Breast Heart.
The enlargement would allow the medical facility to double the variety of sufferers it serves. In keeping with hospital officers, the challenge will enhance affected person expertise and outcomes by:
•Accommodating superior expertise, together with a further 3D mammography unit and ultrasound machine
•Growing the variety of therapy rooms
•Increasing the scientific staff
•Making a welcoming area designed with consolation and magnificence in thoughts
To donate to the marketing campaign, go to tinyurl.com/nrbccampaign.
