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First mobile mammography unit launched

The country’s first ever mobile mammography unit
The country’s first ever mobile mammography unit

A local private clinic, Medlane Health Care, has launched the country’s first ever mobile mammography unit, a move aimed at raising cancer awareness and fighting the disease.

The unit will be moving across the country taking mammography breast screening for free.

During the journey, a team of volunteers which includes doctors and nurses, will visit the identified clinics to give awareness talks, demonstrate the self-breast examination techniques and conduct screening including palpation and breast scans using portable ultrasound and mammogramme machines.


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