Health, Regional, Western
September 29, 2015

Photo: Answering the call

Scores of men from across western Jamaica wait in line outside the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Monday for their free prostate cancer screening during the 4th staging of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay East’s Prostate Cancer Screening project.

Almost 700 men benefited from this year’s screening, a significant increase from the 120 who participated in the inaugural staging four years ago. (PHOTO: PHILP LEMONTE)

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