The people of Diepkloof held a Clinic Open Day as they were promoting healthy living and offering free screening for cancer. Community members came in numbers as they enjoyed aerobic exercises from Health Lifestyle Aerobics and people were taught how to maintain their lifestyle through healthy living and exercising.
Nurse Doris Davids was the host for the open day and she encouraged community members to preserve their health through a healthy lifestyle, and people should feel free to be screened for prostate cancer and breast cancer among other diseases.
Benefits for exercising were shared by aerobic instructors where elderly people who attended the open day were educated on how aerobics and healthy living helps to reduce chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Men were especially encouraged to test for prostate cancer as many men are unaware of the types of cancer affecting them. They were also encouraged to test regularly in order to detect the disease early.
Health professionals and medical team from the Baragwanath Hospital were providing free medical advice and encouraging community members to start living a healthy lifestyle. Davids expressed joy as people of Diepkloof came in numbers and welcomed the activities and free screening provided, the annual event was a success as people were happy to utilize the services provided for them and health practitioners were able to educate and inform the people about the dangers of cancers.
