"Butt Savers"

Providing low-cost colonoscopy program at the Longmont Salud community clinic.

In late 2022, Dr. Hans Elzinga (pictured right), a family practice physician at Salud, worked with others at the clinic to create an endoscopy suite inside the Longmont Salud community clinic. The suite consists of three patient rooms and a procedure room. 

The Longmont United Hospital Foundation donated an additional $50,000 to the “butt savers” program in 2023. This donation allows an estimated 125 people in the community to receive a low-cost colonoscopy.