Image: M. Vanden Bosch / PML / A new mammography machine at Chilliwack General Hospital will advance women's health care, according to the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation, which is helping to raise funds for the new machine.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Chilliwack Hospital

New $395K mammography machine at Chilliwack General Hospital will advance women’s health care, area foundation says

Sep 23, 2022 | 11:24 AM

CHILLIWACK — If there’s good news coming out of the Chilliwack General Hospital (CGH) these days, it’s the advent of a state-of-the-art mammography machine that will help advance women’s health care and hopefully reduce wait times for Chilliwack women.

According to the fall newsletter from the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation that was mailed to supporters this past week, CGH will soon offer an advanced mammography unit, an essential tool for detecting breast cancer.

“I am pleased to announce that the Crystal Gala Foundation, whose mission is to support breast health in the Fraser Valley East, have come forward and pledged to use some of the proceeds from the annual Crystal Gala — to be held at the Tradex in Abbotsford October 22 — towards the purchase of the new mammography machine for CGH,” said Liz Harris, executive director of FVHCF. “Having the new mammogram machine will reduce wait and travel times for those going to Abbotsford and earlier diagnosis will mean better outcomes for most patients.”

According to the foundation, the new $395,000 machine should reduce wait times through faster and more efficient scans because the new equipment’s enhanced technology consists of advances in breast imaging and digital mammography.

Since 1999 the Crystal Gala Foundation has raised over $2 million to fund equipment, technology and research projects that support early detection and treatment of breast cancer, the foundation wrote.

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“The Crystal Gala Foundation is made up of a dynamic group of women from all walks of life who make it a priority to work selflessly with donors and sponsors to provide new equipment to enhance breast health in our community of Fraser Valley East, so helping to fund the new mammography machine at CGH seemed a natural thing for us to do.”

The Crystal Gala happens Saturday, October 22. Visit crystalgala.ca/the-gala/.