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GIANELLI ANNOUNCES $1.2 MILLION GRANT FROM THE KERMIT GITENSTEIN FOUNDATION TO PURCHASE DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY UNITS FOR THE NATIONAL MAH JONGG LEAGUE FOUNDATION BREAST CENTER AT NUMC

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Shelley Lotenberg
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                                MEDIA ADVISORY

GIANELLI ANNOUNCES $1.2 MILLION GRANT FROM THE KERMIT GITENSTEIN FOUNDATION TO PURCHASE DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY UNITS FOR THE NATIONAL MAH JONGG LEAGUE FOUNDATION BREAST CENTER AT NUMC

East Meadow, NY…….Joined by the NuHealth System board of directors and state and county officials, Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO, will announce on Tuesday, October 27, that the Nassau University Medical Center has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Kermit Gitenstein Foundation, for the purchase of three digital mammography units, two that will be used in the National Mah Jongg League Foundation Breast Center at the Nassau University Medical Center and one to be installed in the mobile mammography van. This will upgrade the entire center to digital to allow it to see up to 33% more patients in the same time period, with digital technology being faster, using less radiation, producing higher quality images and reducing the need to take repeat images.

WHEN:   TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 11:30 AM

WHERE:   Nassau University Medical Center, second floor
  National Mah Jongg League Foundation Breast Center
  2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY
  Carman Avenue entrance
        

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