CHI Memorial offering FREE Lung Screenings in select locations Thursday & Friday. Find out where.

CHI Memorial offering FREE Mobile Lung Screenings in select locations Thursday & Friday.

Find out where.

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Mason check us up on my best check.com, which jack ... joining us now to chat for a fe minutes about so our lungs.

It is the chief of thoracic surger at chi borowitz are doctor bob everett doctor rob hedrick morning good morning about this behind us.

This is the mobile log screening machine is bringing work was the over nobody likes going to the docto putting myself what i want to do is try to make doctor visits easy.

We have a lot of health issues particular waiter ones i this area so was an idea getting the technology and the physician out to the were the patients with and making our examining of the lungs and getting lung screening done.

The easiest way possible and you have done this.

Congratulations to you by the way for conceptualizing and executing this am.

Even before the colored pandemic started you were talking about the importance of those of us over a certain age 50.

Having regular long examinations and screening.

Why is it so important.

Age 50 seem to be when our genetic start laying out so we reach that age in particular, if you live in our viewing audience east tennessee north georgia north alabama we have such a high prevalence of one cancer that that's when it starts problems you can't feel it.

So what we've looked at was among screening scenario where the simplest test you can look at somebody's lungs.

Why start turning age 50.

You pick up one cancer when it's easy to diagnoses to treat and very in inexpensive to take care of.

I don't seems like colin has been around for years at least, mentally and emotionally that it's only been a few months.

Have you seen up tick and lung cancer.

Since the code breakout or is it too small the time properly quantifywhat were seeing is because of people being more concerned about thei health when they feel sick getting into a hospital or doctor's office getting imaging done.

You're finding the one cancer which is what the one screening programs about people staying at home, not one of the physicians office are not aware that problems pickup and pick up on the one cancer so we are seeing an increase in early detection of lung cancer by people just interacting with the healthcare system.

Some of the experts at the center for disease control or saying that we are heading into a second nationwide round of coping 19, number one is a healthcare pro you think this true number two.

What can we do to help ... give us the think psychologically were heading into a very difficult time of year one.

Not just because of coronavirus, but also all the other viruses that thrive in the cold weather months so them twins of ours.

The pair influence of ours in the common cold.

Get all of those affect her life.

Yes, so long as the big target for all of you think anytime somebody starts feeling sick you now go to even deeper darker places you worry about the virus and all the attention it's weight on so i think it is going to be a difficult force going into the mobile lungs reading machine on wheels which you alter your work.

I miss your next couple days.

Just a moment.

This is as you mentioned, it's quick, it is painless.

Yes, a lot of people think i got a thing to happen.

They all work to go do this that is wrong you don't know it know it's it's a day three or four minute test.

The process takes about 15 minutes.

I wonder what make people think this is a journey regenerated go on, we know these winter months are difficult, at least psychologically if not physically, for health short you want to check your car out before we go on a trip longmont is meant to be positioned this time year so people will go get there once checked.

Let us help you get in the best shape you can from a pulmonary standpoint so that if you get the flu or you get the coronavirus you're more likely to survive it and even more likely to not even ge in the boston which i think is something we all would like to avoid.

If i sleep you can find out more about doctor hedrick and this incredible machine tha is now on wheels.

It is going t a community near you.

Pikeville today is your day you will find about the piggly wiggly input will central time starting time lasting until to urgency.

It started at nine and will run until two o'clock at the piggly wiggly.

If you can't make pikeville today.

The screenings will be available tomorrow, friday at doctor's office, five five five eight six