Atlantic General Hospital Holds Girls Night Out Event During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Atlantic General Hospital’s Eunice Q. Sorin Women’s Diagnostic Center will be holding a Girls Night Out for area women. The free event, scheduled for Thursday, October 20, offers life-saving breast cancer prevention education, complimentary clinical breast exams and Achilles bone scans as well as massages and refreshments. Attendees will have a chance to meet guest speaker Rota Knott, a local resident and breast cancer survivor, and hear her story. There will also be an opportunity to learn the difference between a traditional film mammogram and a digital mammogram and experience what cancerous versus non-cancerous lumps in a breast can feel like. All are invited.

The Details:
Girls Night Out
At the Eunice Q. Sorin Women’s Diagnostic Center
Atlantic General Hospital
9733 Healthway Drive in Berlin, Md.
Thursday, October 20
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Special guest Rota Knott, cancer survivor, at 6 p.m.
Breast cancer prevention education, free screenings, refreshments, gift basket raffle benefiting the mammogram patient fund.

About Atlantic General Hospital
Atlantic General Hospital has been providing quality health care to the residents of Worcester, Wicomico, Somerset (Md.) and Sussex (Del.) Counties since May 1993. Built by the commitment and generosity of a dedicated community, the hospital’s state-of-the-art facility in Berlin, Md. combines old-fashioned personal attention with the latest in technology and services. Atlantic General Health System, its network of more than 25 primary care provider and specialist offices, care for residents and visitors throughout the region. For more information about Atlantic General Hospital, visit www.atlanticgeneral.org.

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