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| | | | Site Information | | | W.I.N.G.S. provides breast cancer support for the indigent and uninsured breast cancer women in Texas.
| The mission of WINGS is to provide comprehensive breast health care services to women in Central and South Texas regardless of their ability to pay. This includes funding for breast health care services, including physicians' fees, outpatient medication and hospital charges.
WINGS (Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing) is a non-profit Texas Corporation whose mission is to bring top-quality breast care
As the Komen Foundation and others so accurately realize early detection is the best treatment for breast cancer. To this end, low-cost or no-cost mammograms are made available to the uninsured and underinsured women of this area. However, statistics indicate that follow-up and treatment often fall victim to socio-economic pressures.
WINGS is designed to fund treatment of women whose mammograms indicate anomalies. This treatment and related services will be available to WINGS through contracted pricing thus giving this fledgling organization an opportunity to begin serving these women as soon as initial funding is secured.
WINGS is designed to fill the vacuum that exists between detection and treatment. Its goal is to develop referral sources throughout the community and, in concert with organizations dedicated to education and outreach, bring quality care to women with breast cancer. WINGS' success will be measured by the number of people seeking this treatment, as well as key indicators defined by the American Cancer Society.
Physicians aligned with WINGS will work with physicians and radiologists at key community clinics to develop a source of patient referrals. This is an entirely new treatment venue in San Antonio. By melding the charitable, non-profit organization WINGS with a strong physicians' practice group, all patients will receive the benefits of quality care and "one-stop" shopping.
Services paid for by WINGS will be provided by a physicians' practice group headed by Dr. Kathryn Safford. A well-known breast surgeon and former chief of staff of Methodist Hospital, Safford brings more than 20 years' experience to this venture. Throughout her career she has maintained a strong sense of community philanthropy and has often treated patients without regard to compensation.
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| | | Contact Information | | | Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing 7500 Highway 90 West Building 2, Suite 240 San Antonio, Texas 78227, Tel: 210-946-9464 http://www.texaswings.org/ E-mail Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing | | | | If you're the owner or webmaster of this site then please Claim this Link Once you claim this link and we approve it you will be the only one who can modify the listing in the future. |
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| | Date Added: Thu Dec 01 2005 | | Last Updated: Thu Dec 01 2005 | | | | |
