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JMBCC Alerts Community of Scam Calls

The Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center (JMBCC) specializes in proactive breast care, risk-reduction techniques, and early detection and treatment providing the finest breast care around to the women of our community. We have been informed by several individuals who have been contacted by solicitors over the phone asking for donations in support of the “Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center.”

Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber and the Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center do NOT solicit donations from anyone via phone. If you have been contacted via telephone and were asked to make a donation on behalf of our organization, this is a scam. We encourage you to require donation information to be sent to you via US mail before considering any donation to any organization.

Please note that we only ask for donations via mail and our hospital logo is printed on all material mailed out. If you receive such a call, we encourage you to take note of who is calling (by name and number), the date and time. To follow up with reporting a phone call you may receive please go to The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) online reporting system for telemarketing and other scams, which can be found at https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/submit-consumer-complaint-ftc.

About Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center
The Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center (JMBCC) opened in February 2002 offering comprehensive and personalized breast care in one convenient location. The JMBCC is exists to prevent and treat diseases of the breast and other conditions that can impact the lives of the women served. The tools and techniques used include digital mammography, ultrasound, breast biopsies, breast MRI, bone densitometry, genetic counseling, research studies, and a female breast surgeon on-site.

 About Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber
Founded in 1906, Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber (CSSMCW) is an independent, non-profit acute care hospital in northern Somerset County, bordering Cambria County. The 54-bed hospital shares a campus and collaborates with Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber (CSSIMMW), a private, non-profit biomedical research center. With more than 450 employees, CSSMCW is the fourth largest employer in Somerset County. CSSMCW’s mission is to provide excellence in personalized, quality health care services through innovation, research and education in response to community needs. For more information visit www.windbercare.org