Hundreds of residents of the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono region on Friday October 27 benefited from a free breast cancer awareness creation and screening exercise at the capital, Odumase.

The event was organized by Amma Frimpomaa, an indigene of Odumasi.

The screening was carried out by a team of Medical Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses and lab technicians from the B/A regional Hospital.

Addressing the gathering at the screening grounds, Madam Amma Frimpomaa explained the move is a way of giving back to the society.

She bemoaned the rising number of breast cancer cases that are reported from the region to the Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital in Kumasi on regular basis.

The Managing Director of SIC Life Savings and Loans and a private legal practitioner whilst admonishing the beneficiaries to take advantage of the exercise to detect early the disease, she also called on them to refrain from indulging in the risk factors of the disease such as smoking, applying breast enlargement creams.

The event was a success, with a significant turnout of community members who expressed their gratitude for the services provided.

Nana Yaa Adansi Puduo II, the Queen mother of Odumase Number one traditional area expressed her profound gratitude to the native of her town for the kind gesture.

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