Kentucky Mercy Health affiliate joins state’s colon cancer screening program

Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky., partnered with Kentucky CancerLink to screen uninsured and underinsured Kentucky residents for colorectal cancer, The Paducah Sun reported Jan. 29.

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The Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program was established to provide CRC screenings to residents for free. The program, run through Kentucky CancerLink, connects patients to no-cost colonoscopies. Residents must be between 45 and 75 years old and be uninsured. Any resident with a family history of CRC or a factor that increases the risk of CRC qualifies for the screening.

Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital will provide screenings to patients who meet the guidelines.

Lourdes Hospital’s anesthesiology and pathology providers also participate in the program.

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