The Breast Screen Mobile Van will be visiting Canowindra for the first time this May! This enables the community to access to a service that can assist in the early detection of breast cancer.
Appointments will be available on the van which will be located at the Canowindra Showground. Please tell your friends, family and colleagues and encourage them to book an appointment.
One in eight women in NSW will develop breast cancer in their lifetime; alarmingly less than one in two women attend regular breast screenings. Free breast screens are available for all women aged forty and onwards. For a short half an hour e
very two years having a breast screen can offer peace of mind.
Patrick Raftery, a Podiatrist based in Orange, visits residents of Canowindra every second month. With these visits Patrick offers people in Canowindra and the surrounding districts a Podiatry service at the CWA Hall in Blatchford Street. As a podiatrist Patrick deals with a number of troublesome foot complaints, such as ingrown toe nails, painful corns, callouses, thick nails and diabetic advice and treatment. He also offers a biomechanical assessment of your gait walking pattern) to help reduce the symptoms of heel pain, sore ankles, walking pain or foot pain in general. Patrick also assesses children and sports people with various complaints and makes orthotics to resolve a variety of problems. If any of this applies to you or you would like to find out more please Mr Raftery’s Orange office on 63621453 to make an appointment and he will be happy to answer any enquiries.
Australian Hearing checks are on offer for free to Pensioners and Veterans. Australian Hearing clinicians will be located at the Canowindra Community Health Centre on the 13th of April, to book an appointment call (02) 63 93 0500.