SVMC Breast Health And Imaging Center Announces Saturday Hours for Screening Mammography

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BENNINGTON, Vt. — Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Breast Health and Imaging Center Announces Saturday Hours for Screening Mammograph

For patient convenience, the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) Breast Health and Imaging Center will offer screening mammograms from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on eight Saturdays this fall. The special Saturday dates include Sept. 12 and 19; Oct. 3, 10, and 24; and Nov. 7, 14, and 21.

The American College of Radiology recommends beginning screening mammograms at age 40 and continuing annually thereafter. The team at SVMC Breast Health and Imaging Center welcomes anyone who has a referral from their primary care provider, OB/GYN, or certified nurse midwife. Once patients have obtained a referral, they should call 802-447-5541, ext. 2, to schedule.

The practice is newly renovated to enhance service and patient comfort. It provides ultrasound—including on breasts, thyroid glands, carotid arteries, and pelvises—and 3D mammography, which can slightly increase the numbers early breast cancers found and possibly reduce the need for repeat testing as compared to 2D mammography. SVMC’s 3D mammography falls within FDA guidelines for radiation exposure. Bone densitometry (DEXA), which is used to measure risk for osteoporosis, is also offered in the Breast Health and Imaging Center.

The practice is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and is located in suite 206 of the Medical Office Building located at 140 Hospital Drive in Bennington. Patients may reach them at 802-440-4240.

About SVHC: Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent, health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC includes Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, and the SVHC Foundation. SVMC includes 25 primary and specialty care practices. For more information, visit svhealthcare.org.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Language assistance services, free of charge, are available at 1-800-367-9559.

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SVMC Celebrates Opening of New $31M Emergency Department

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:59PM / Thursday, August 29, 2024

U.S. Sen. Peter Welch says the new Emergency Department was a community effort for the community.

BENNINGTON, Vt. — There was one theme that stood out on Thursday as the ribbon was cut on Southwestern Vermont Medical Center's new $31 million Emergency Department: Community.

A community that came together to raise funds, to provide critical input, and to continue to serve patients during three years of construction.

"This project is all you, I mean, this was all the community," said U.S. Sen. Peter Welch to the gathering outside the new entrance. "It takes an incredible commitment to serving the health-care needs of the citizens, because the process that you have to go through is very, very tough. And I just want to acknowledge that to the health-care leaders and to the board, that this is really, really tough."

Health-care officials and funders had lined up three years ago on another hot and sunny August day to break ground on the Kendall Emergency Department, the first phase of a $40 million plan to also double the size of the cancer center on campus in a strategic plan to modernize and update facilities throughout the campus.

"On behalf of the entire SVMC family, I want to express our sincere appreciation, certainly to Don and Nancy Kendall, but all the rest of you who are here today who've been incredibly supportive and generous on this critical project," said Thomas Dee, SVMC's president and CEO.

"A case can be made that emergency services is probably the most important services for a community hospital. All of us use our emergency service. We see about 25,000 patients a year here, and the transformation of our emergency room, our patient registration, our main entryway and lobby space, will really have an impact in our community for years to come."

Dee and Kathleen Fisher, chair of the board of trustees, ceremonially buried a time capsule outside the entrance with materials from the hospital's centennial year in 2018 — a bit late because of the planned construction. Donald Kendall, CEO of Mack Group and a major donor of the project, then used a large pair of golden scissors to cut the ribbon.

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