At Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Hazleton, the team praised the effort. “Out of the six colonoscopies performed, only one of them was negative,” one team member said. “Three patients needed polypectomies (removal of polyps), and two patients were diagnosed with mild colitis. It was a great idea to offer this to our community.”
Patients who took advantage of the opportunity also had positive reports. Anna McKay, 50, had her very first colonoscopy on Saturday, March 7, at LVH–Schuylkill. She said it was a great experience all around, especially since the clinicians and nurses were “so friendly and nice.”
“The Saturday appointment was just perfect. The team explained everything. You could tell they really cared about the patients,” McKay says. “If it had been on a weekday, my husband would have had to take off work to pick me up and would not have gotten paid.”