Free health check on mum’s day

Star: KUALA LUMPUR: Forget about those fancy little gifts you give to your mother every year on Mothers Day and instead take her for a free health check this year.
The National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) will be conducting free screenings for both women and men at 50 of its clinics from May 11 to 18.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen said the check would cover blood pressure, cholesterol, breast and pap smear examinations and menopause service (hormone therapy medication).
“Whenever mothers are sick, they just take Panadol and believe that it will cure them. We hope that through this campaign, children can give their mothers something special by bringing them to this check-up session,” she told a press conference here yesterday.
She said the screening, which was worth RM80, was also available for men, who were entitled for a prosthetic enzyme check.
For information on the clinics, call the LPPKN hotline at 15999.