January 30, 2019 – Time, transportation and expense are no longer
obstacles to comprehensive breast care. In early 2018, Southeast Georgia
Health System’s commitment to fighting breast cancer was recognized
with a generous $50,000 grant from Coastal Georgia Affiliate of Susan
G. Komen. The grant helps the Health System to provide screening and diagnostic
breast imaging services for uninsured and underserved patients in Glynn
County and rural areas of Southeast Georgia with its Wellness on Wheels (WOW)
mobile health vehicle.
The WOW will provide mammograms at the following locations during the month
of February.
Friday, Feb. 1, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Wellness Way Medical Office Complex, 7000 Wellness Way, St. Simons Island
Call 912-466-5235 for information and appointments.
Monday, Feb. 4, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Glynn County Health Department, 2747 4th St., Brunswick
Call 912-264-3961 ext. 3249 for information and appointments.
Friday, Feb. 8, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
McIntosh Family Medicine Center, 1022 Miller Lane SW, Darien
Call 912-466-5857 for information and appointments.
Monday, Feb. 11, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Brantley Family Medicine Center, 21300 Hwy 82, Waynesville
Call 912-466-5941 for information and appointments.
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
McKinney Community Health Center, 9355 N. Main St., Nahunta
Call 912-462-6222 for information and appointments.
Wednesday, Feb. 13, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Coastal Community Health Services, 6574 Shellman Bluff Rd., Shellman Bluff
Call 912-580-0073 for information and appointments.
Monday, Feb. 18, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Optim Health Care, 1101 North Way, Darien
Call 912-437-3266 for information and appointments
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
IGA Supermarket, U.S. Hwy 84, Ludowici
Call 912-545-2107 ext. 233 for information and appointments.
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
McKinney Community Health Center, 711 Charles Gillman Ave., Kingsland
Call 912-510-9728 for information and appointments.
The Health System began its mobile mammography in 2006 with the custom
designed WOW, a completely self-contained mobile health vehicle that features
the same advanced digital mammography equipment found at the Health System’s
Breast Care Center. It is staffed by female mammography technologists specially trained to
perform breast imaging, and all mobile unit mammograms are read by the
same group of radiologists who review Breast Care Center mammograms. The
WOW is accredited by the American College of Radiology and certified by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Please note that all mammograms require a physician’s order; most
insurances are accepted and financial assistance is available to patients
who qualify. For more information about the Komen grant and low or no-cost
mammograms for uninsured or low-income persons in Brantley, Camden, Glynn,
Long and McIntosh counties, call 912-466-5235.