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Beaver Island mammogram bus tests 45 women, 2004

Also Mammogram Bus 2004

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TypeEvent
Date2004
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2004
Kind
Medical
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunitypublic-servicetransportation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The annual mammogram bus returned to Beaver Island in 2004, and 45 women were tested. The Beaver Island Rural Health Center report thanked the people who helped arrange the visit and noted that the total exceeded the prior year’s 42 tests.

Evidence limits

The newspaper report gives the number tested but does not identify the medical provider, screening results, or exact visit date.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "Health Center Meeting."
    Reports thanks to the people who helped bring the mammogram bus to Beaver Island and says 45 women were tested, compared with 42 the prior year. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the health-center report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-12_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "Thanks from the BIRHC."
    Reports the BIRHC's thanks for the Karmanos Mammogram Bus visit, which allowed 45 women to receive their yearly mammograms without traveling to the mainland. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held issue scan confirms the mammogram-bus thank-you.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island mammogram bus tests 45 women, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-mammogram-bus-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "Health Center Meeting." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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