Geisinger Community Medical Center will not host a giant inflatable colon today, March 4.
The Scranton hospital will instead display a model to educate people about colorectal cancer, screening, early-detection and prevention. March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, however, will display the giant inflatable colon today.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest