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MelroseWakefield Hospital Cancer Patient Urges Others To Keep Appointments in Age of COVID-19

July 14, 2020

What seemed like a simple decision at the time may have ended up saving Melissa Shirtcliff’s life.

For Shirtcliff, keeping up with annual medical appointments such as physicals and mammograms was never an issue.

With her 2020 mammogram scheduled for early March, just as businesses were closing down and social interaction was being limited amid COVID-19 concerns, Shirtcliff thought about re-scheduling her mammogram, wondering about the safety of visiting a medical facility during a pandemic.
 

Read the full story in the Melrose Free Press here

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