High-tech life saver
New digital mammogram unit makes testing more effective

Mammography specialist Nikki Thompson, left, positions the new digital mammogram machine for Idy Guzman at Cibola General Hospital in Grants on Tuesday. — © 2010 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

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Gallup Independent
By Jim Tiffin
Cibola County Bureau

GRANTS — Connie Jaramillo said the compression on the old analog mammogram unit at Cibola General Hospital was a painful experience and was very cold to the touch.

Even under those circumstances, she went for a mammogram every year since she was 40 — she is now 57.

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