New York women must wait an average of a month for a mammogram - and up to four months in extreme cases, a new study shows.At Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn - the facility found to have the longest wait times - it can take as long as 16-1/2 weeks to schedule the cancer-screening test, according to a survey done by Rep. Anthony Weiner.
“The results are alarming,” said Weiner (D-Brooklyn, Queens), who is pressing to boost the Medicare reimbursement for mammograms in hopes of driving down the wait times.
In the Bronx, women can expect to wait nearly 5-1/2 weeks, according to the survey of 33 mammogram facilities citywide.
In Staten Island, the average lag time between calling for an appointment and getting a scan is just over five weeks.
In Brooklyn and Queens, it can take about four weeks. Read more…
Source: New York Daily News
