Councilmember NGOs and Health of the City of Lorca, Antonia Lopez, Lorca has encouraged citizens to collaborate with this group, which conducts research, prevention and support to patients and their families with free services.
Councilmember NGOs and Health of the City of Lorca, Antonia Lopez, visited by the president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer in Lorca, Magdalena Lopez, one of 11 tables that this group petitionary been installed throughout the city to a popular alms for the support of the activity performed.
Specifically, from 9 am to 13:30 will be tables with volunteers collecting donations in the Touring Spain, and San Vicente Calderon, Market Week, the Alameda of the Constitution, the Oval Santa Paula, neighborhoods San Cristobal, La Viña, and San Jose, among other public spaces.
In addition, a group of volunteers will be at this same time in the Rafael Mendez Hospital "in order to provide all who want to make their contributions."
The mayor encouraged Lorca to collaborate throughout the year with this combination, but especially today, "because they perform a very important and disinterested research, prevention and support to cancer patients and their families."
In this sense, Antonia Lopez recalled that "street AECC has its headquarters Narciso Yepes, provided by the city, and it disclosed the free services of cytology, mammography and prostate cancer screening (by analyzing the PSA in a small sample of blood), as well as providing support to cancer patients. "
In addition, the mayor invited the public to lorquina know and apply the advice of preventing this disease, while have spread remembered that this association also conducts a campaign to eradicate myths and misconceptions that still exist about cancer and makes appealed to the commitment to reduce the impact of these diseases in the population, both through prevention and early detection and access to effective treatment and care.
Therefore, the president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer in Lorca said "Lorca always show solidarity in these cuestaciones, so hopefully this year will remember that their input is essential to our work not only but that does not stop growing. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca