New mammography equipment arrives!

Friday, March 31, 2006

For Immediate Release

Teton Valley Hospital - (03/31/2006) - After allowing time for installation and FDA-required inspections, the Lorad M-IV Platinum system was put into active service last week. The acquisition of up-to-date equipment was essential to the continuation of locally-based breast cancer screenings.
�As a hospital, we�re glad to be able to provide mammograms for our community. As a resident, I�m grateful to be a part of such a generous and supportive community,� says Martha Austin, executive director of the Teton Valley Hospital Foundation adding that residents donated over $40,000 toward a matching grant challenge from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. In all, Murdock awarded $200,000 to the hospital foundation.
The addition of the $81,000 Lorad system completes the hospital�s $1.2 million capital campaign to expand diagnostic services. Other recent acquisitions include a 3-D ultrasound machine, state-of-the-art surgical table, multi-helical CT scan and bone densitometer.
An open house will be held Tuesday, April 18 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Teton Valley Hospital & Surgicenter. Everyone is invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:30. Tours of the hospital will be available. Light refreshments will be served.
For further information, please call Ann Loyola, director of marketing at (208) 354-6301.