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PEOPLE from north Clare and south Galway are being offered the oppor- tunity to get some free, and possibly life saving, advice on the dangers of cancer. On Monday, April 14, the Community Information Service mobile unit will be in Ballyvaughan with a trained nurse on board from llam and 3pm.
Access to the mobile unit is free to all and has been organised by the Marie Keating Foundation and the Ballyvaughan Medical Centre.
“We will have a trained nurse here all day who will be answering ques- tions and talking to anyone who
wants to come along and have a few words. The nurse will have some prosthetics to show how important early detection really is,” said Ailish Lawlor of the Ballyvaughan Medical Centre.
“This is aimed at men and women of every age. Anyone from the gen- eral community who would like to learn more about how best to guard against cancer should come along.
“In fact, this month the Marie Keating Foundation is focusing on prostate cancer so we are hoping for a large turnout of men.
“This type of facility 1s especially important for people in a rural area where it may be a little bit more dif-
ficult for people to get this type of medical screening.”
The trained nurse will speak to locals in the strictest of confidence and will also be able to provide take- home information leaflets and infor- mation on each of the key cancers to be aware of.
The nurse will also provide advice on healthy lifestyle options and work with prosthetic teaching aids to high- light the importance of early detec- nO
The Marie Keating Foundation which was established in 1998 fol- lowing the death from Cancer of Marie, mother of Ronan Keating. The foundation aims to raise aware-
ness of the importance of a healthy lifestyle and early detection in reduc- ing the risk of cancer.
The foundation was established in1- tially to try and bring an end to breast cancer but has since widened it’s fo- cus to a number of different types of cancer in both men and women.
They focus predominantly on can- cers that can be prevented through lifestyle changes and early detection and their stated ultimate goal is for a future free from cancer. The founda- tion offers this drop-in service free of charge to the public.
For more information contact Bal- lyvaughan Medical Centre on 065 ira iUeRy