Strengthening men’s health through ‘Movember’

Pantai Jerudong Specialist Centre (PJSC) on Wednesday launched ‘Movember’ to mark Males’s Well being consciousness for the entire month of November.

This yr, The Brunei Most cancers Centre (TBCC) organised a public discussion board specializing in strengthening males’s well being by way of a holistic strategy. The discussion board serves as a platform to foster consciousness, information, and open dialogue on numerous points of males’s bodily, psychological, and emotional well-being.

Current as friends of honour through the occasion held on the PJSC in Jerudong have been Govt Director of PJSC Dr Haji Mazrul Adimin bin Haji Awang Besar, and Medical Director of PJSC Dr Meera Sahib Kabeer.

The occasion took off with opening remarks by Dr Haji Zulkhairi bin Haji Mohamad, the Chairman of Movember and Head Medical Oncology and Palliative Care Unit of The Brunei Most cancers Centre.

The general public discussion board then adopted, with shows from three audio system.

Guide Medical Oncologist of TBCC Dr Ravi Sekhar Patnaik mentioned the significance of screenings and preventive measures in addition to bettering life decisions; Counsellor and Motivator Haji Ali Yusri bin Abdul Ghafor emphasised motivational insights and pursuing well being targets

In the meantime, Senior Narcotic Officer of Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) Abdul Halim bin Haji Mohamed touched on the widespread problems with substance abuse amongst males and its impression on males’s well being.

Eyad Samhan bin Nyawa, a most cancers warrior of lymphoma and Prostate Most cancers additionally got here ahead to share his journey of battling most cancers as one of many panellists within the joint dialogue after the shows. He shared how he survived from prognosis to therapy and at last to survivorship, mentally and bodily. He additionally gave insights into the challenges and triumphs he has skilled and the significance of emotional help from folks round him.

Throughout this marketing campaign, PJSC stated it’s dedicated to rising public consciousness, particularly amongst males, to handle their very own well being in a holistic strategy. PJSC pledged to proceed spreading consciousness of Movember all through November and encourage males to face up for his or her psychological emotional, and bodily well being – Fadley Faisal