By Vincent DeGennaro | Executive Director
We have already treated 120 women with breast cancer in 2019. There have been many days lost to protests in the streets that have made it difficult for staff and patients to come in. Our center has remained open and staff insist on making sure that at least one doctor and one nurse are always there for the patients.
In addition, our operating room is now operational! We have started doing mastectomies in the cancer center. This will greatly lower the cost of a surgery for patients and for the program donors. We still get around 20% of our program costs from patient payments based on a sliding scale, but no patient has ever been refused care for lack of funds. Finally, our chemotherapy costs have decreased by 20-30% in 2019 as a result of buying in more volumen and our main supplier has started manufacturing the chemotherapy themselves.
So we can treat more women for less money! Thanks for your support!
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