Alternattiva Demokratika has suggested the introduction of mobile breast-screening units at the workplace.

As part of the breast care awareness campaign, AD chairman Arnold Cassola met representatives of the Breast Care Support Group. Prof. Cassola said breast cancer is a reality that is taking the lives of women of all ages. More awareness campaigns therefore need to be organised and the process of launching public breast-screening services had to be speeded up.

Support group president Gertrude Abela pointed out that 10 per cent of all women develop lumps at one stage or another in life. Also, breast cancer rates are rapidly increasing, with about 10 new cases every week. Mary Anne Zammit, AD spokesman for health and social protection, said breast care awareness should be extended to all women from every walk of life, targeting mainly those women coming from disadvantaged backgrounds or those living in bad conditions.