As part
of the activities marking the celebration of the Adekyem festival of the chiefs
and people of Bechem Traditional Council, a free Breast and Postrate Cancer
screening has been held at Bechem, the Traditional capital.
The free
screening exercise which was carried out by the Breast Care International and
Soyuz Medical Laboratories was a collaboration between the Tano District
Assembly and Bechem Traditional Council.
In a
public education drive before the exercise, Dr. Mrs Beatrice Wiafe Addae of Breast Care International and
Peace and Love Hospital said, breast cancer is a global issue and in every
sixty seconds, a woman dies out of the disease and called on women to discard the notion that breast cancer is a
spiritual disease and urged the them to visit the health facilities regularly
for breast screening.
Dr. Mrs
Wiafe Addae said when the disease is detected at an early stage it can be taken
care of and cured and advised women not to feel shy to be screened.
A lab
technician of the Soyus medical laboratory in a public education on Postrate
Cancer said the prevalence rate of the disease has risen from 1 to 3 percent
and advised men especially the adults to go to hospital regularly for check-
up.
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