PILOT PROGRAM PROVIDING COLONOSCOPIES TO THE UNDERSERVED
December 01, 2008
December 01, 2008
HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 1 -- The Connecticut Department of Public Health issued the following news release:
An estimated 600 uninsured or underinsured Connecticut residents will be screened for colorectal cancer over the next year as part of a pilot program in which the University of Connecticut Health Center is a primary partner.
"The colonoscopy is a major prevention tool, but not everyone has access," says Dr. Joseph C. Anderson, clinical director of the . . .
An estimated 600 uninsured or underinsured Connecticut residents will be screened for colorectal cancer over the next year as part of a pilot program in which the University of Connecticut Health Center is a primary partner.
"The colonoscopy is a major prevention tool, but not everyone has access," says Dr. Joseph C. Anderson, clinical director of the . . .