It all started last Christmas, when 315 former Whirlpool employees taxed themselves and donated a check to Pascale, the Naples Institute for the treatment of tumors, because, they said, "if we fight for our jobs, there are those who are worse off than us and are fighting for their lives."
A gesture that did not go unnoticed at the Naples Cancer Institute; that's how the management decided to launch an oncology prevention campaign in factories, starting right from Whirlpool.
On board a camper, equipped with a mammograph, bed and everything needed for a visit, three clinics got underway this morning: the breast clinic, the urology clinic and the mammogram clinic.
On the field are Ivana Donzelli and Eduardo Spina from Raimondo di Giacomo and Michelino de Laurentiis' team, urologist Giovanni Grimaldi from Sisto Perdonà's staff and radiologist Maria Luisa Barretta from Antonella Petrillo's department.
A success in terms of participation but also and above all in terms of early diagnosis. Patients with suspected neoplasms have been started on the path for further diagnostic investigations to be carried out at the Naples Cancer Institute.
The aim of the initiative is to improve understanding of the most widespread pathologies with a particular social impact, especially in a historical moment in which the pandemic has led to the neglect of fundamental health habits such as check-ups and prevention.
It is particularly significant to start from a factory in crisis, with workers who, due to economic difficulties, often forgo health checks. “If caught in time, any disease – says Maurizio di Mauro, health director of Pascale – can be resolved with a simple intervention.
With events like this we contribute to raising awareness among the population of the culture of early diagnosis, which is absolutely fundamental in our strategies against cancer".
The traffic of employees who underwent medical examinations was managed by the workers themselves, who are facing the third consecutive year of fighting for the right to lost work.
Article published on 30 June 2023 - 12:10
