August 30, 2016
Free prostate screening will be offered on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 from 9 am to 3 pm at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital.
The screening, which will take place in the Fortunato Breast Health Center, will include a Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) and Digital Rectal Exam (DRE). No fasting is required.
A limited number of screenings are available. Registration is required. To make an appointment call Mather’s Public Affairs Department Monday-Friday, between 9 am-5 pm, at 631-476-2723.
Prostate cancer screenings are recommended for men age 50 and older who have not had a screening in the past 12 months.
John T. Mather Memorial Hospital is an accredited 248-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of high quality healthcare services to Suffolk County residents, showing compassion and respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. Mather has earned the prestigious Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Mather also has received nine consecutive top "A" ratings from The Leapfrog Group for patient safety, the only New York State hospital to achieve that distinction and one of only 98 hospitals nationwide to receive an A score in each of the twice yearly rating periods. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded Mather four stars – the highest of any Long Island hospital – for patient experience, safety, and timely and effective care measures based on publicly reported data from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey. Mather also was ranked 19th out of almost 250 hospitals in New York State in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospitals rankings.