PinkDrive Supports Breast Cancer Awareness

03, Oct, 2011

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Women and men of all ages, be alerted to and do not ignore any sudden breast changes as it could be indicative of a more serious underlying problem:

• Swelling under the armpit

• Lump in the breast area

• Puckering of the skin (looks like cellulite)

• Normal outward nipple suddenly becoming inverted

• Swelling of glands

• Swelling of upper arm

• One breast increasing in size

• Change to the nipple area

• One breast and nipple suddenly lower than other

PinkDrive currently runs two “Pink” mobile breast check units – 1 in Gauteng & 1 in Western Cape that offers free services to medically un-insured women in the community. The educational unit travels to semi-urban areas around Gauteng with the aim of enabling various disadvantaged communities access to clinical breast examinations and breast health education performed by nurses – we service x80 community health clinics on a rotation basis. The mobile mammography unit operates 3 days in every week at local Community Health Clinics in the Western Cape where x25 free mammograms are offered daily:

1. Macassar Clinic (every Monday)

2. Kleinvlei CHC (every Tuesday)

3. Gustrouw CHC (every Wednesday)

In just over 2 year, since inception in August 2009 – the PinkDrive mobile teams have:

1. Educated: 24,223

2. Clinical examined: 18,710

3. Mammograms: 2,634

Call to action / Corporate Wellness Day Bookings: For on-site breast health education and clinical breast examinations, contact Liz Labuschagne

Office: 011 608 4144 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

To donate R10 sms the word BREAST to 38585.