DDS spotlight on breasts
August 21, 2015
Discount Drug Stores has this
month launched a major initiative
aiming to highlight breast health,
with all of its 115 stores across
the country offering clinics where
women will be taught how to check
their own breasts.
With the number of Australians
with breast cancer set to rise to
over 17,000 per year in five years,
the project is aiming to encourage
regular self-examination at home.
Customers will be taught by a
registered nurse using a silicone
breast model, with the clinics
designed to be “quick and easy to fit
into a busy day” with appointments
as short as 15 minutes, according to
DDS Professional Services Manager,
Casey Clark.
The cost of running the breast
health clinics will be funded
entirely by Discount Drug Stores,
but consumers will be asked to
make a donation to the McGrath Foundation, once booked into the
clinics, supporting the provision of
McGrath Breast Care Nurses in the
community.
Clark said the initiative will teach
Australian women how to check
their own breasts for changes and
explain to them the different signs
and risk factors to look out for,
without a physical examination
being conducted in store.
“Breast cancer affects people of
all ages and in most cases, lumps
or changes are discovered by
the patient themselves or their
own doctor, which is why self
examinations are so important,”
she said.
The clinics will run until October
and bookings are essential - www.
discountdrugstores.com.au.
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