MANAMA:Al-Hilal Health Care Group, Bahrain Public Transport Company and Bahrain Cancer Care group have joined hands to create the Largest Human Pink Ribbon to support the ongoing one month-long Breast Cancer awareness campaign across the Kingdom of Bahrain.
This was announced during a meeting held at Al-Hilal Manama by P.A Mohammed, Chairman of Al-Hilal Health Care Group, CEO Dr. Sharath Chandran and Asif Mohammed Regional Manager- Business, Dr. P.V Cherian, Chairman of Bahrain Cancer Care group, Salim K.T, general Secretory, Representative of Bahrain public Transport Tim, Sampath and Ahmed were present.
Participants will be offered Free Check-Up (BP, Sugar, Cholesterol, Kidney and Liver Screening with 8 Hours fasting) FREE Check-up offer followed by Breakfast. The event will be hosted under the banner of Al-Hilal, BPTC, and Bahrain Cancer Care group.
Target Participation: 2000. The size of the human ribbon is around 100 x 50 Mtrs. The crowd will have the Pink Balloons/Pink Caps.
All participants are requested to join us with 8 hours fasting. The free check-up starts from 8.00 AM onwards and ends at 12.00 PM. Breakfast will be arranged for those who want to have refreshments after giving the blood sample. Participants are requested to collect their respective reports after 3 days.
“We urge all media partners to invite maximum participants to ensure that the event will be successful as this is aimed at providing awareness to maximum population regarding awareness of Breast,” Al Hilal in a statement said.
With an ingenuity to mark the World’s Breast Cancer awareness month, Al Hilal Hospital & Medical Centers in association with Radio Mirchi, launched a free breast cancer screening campaign at their newly established branch in Adliya. This campaign was launched by her excellency Mrs. Jayamala, Minister for women and child development, Karnataka, India. This offer will be available at all gynecology departments of Al Hilal Hospital & Medical Centers, throughout the month of October 2018.
The breast screening campaign is offering two packages which are designed to assess the overall health of women and detect the early signs of any cancerous growth in the breast. The first package includes an absolutely free checkup by the gynecologist followed by an ultrasound, while the second package includes a gynecology checkup and a mammogram for BD 10 only.
Mrs. Jayamala along with Mr. UT Iftikar, Karnataka youth congress president, Mr. Ramachandra, Bangalore, Dr. Sharath Chandran, CEO of Al Hilal Healthcare Group, Mr. Asif Mohammed, Regional Manager Al Hilal Healthcare Group, media and community leaders, took a detailed tour of the facilities and departments of the hospital. Honorable minister expressed her happiness about the facilities and services of Al Hilal Hospital and congratulated the directors and board of directors and management for their excellent services to the community.
She encouraged all women to take a step towards these preventive screenings which are being promoted to facilitate them. “Breast cancer is one of the leading health crises for women these days and there is currently no known cure for it.
Its early diagnosis is critical to survival. However, with increased healthcare costs and a rapidly increasing percentage of uninsured women, many simply cannot afford the cost of screening tests. These women are at a significantly higher risk of dying from breast cancer if later diagnosed which is why I would strongly suggest all ladies above 35 years of age to avail this offer and be on the safer side” she quoted.
“While we offer distinctive services for women at our gynecology department, we know that most women are still not availing the ongoing, specialized support they need. Despite that progress we have made, there’s much more to be done. Breast cancer is still one of the leading causes of cancer death in women and this what we at Al Hilal Hospital are trying to change.
“We are taking all sorts of initiatives to make the diagnostic services easy and accessible for every single woman in the Kingdom. We invite ladies from all strata of the society to benefit from this valuable opportunity, and enjoy a healthier life,” Dr. Sharath, CEO Al Hilal Healthcare Group, said.
For more information or to book an appointment, kindly contact Al Hilal Hospital & Medical Center on: 17824444 or Asif Mohd @ 36330810.
