Zonta Club II launch ‘Breast Care Cushion Project’
View(s):Zonta Club II of Colombo launched their new health-related community project, the ‘Breast Care Cushion Project’ last Tuesday at the Family Planning Association Auditorium, Bullers Lane, Colombo 7.
The idea of providing a cushion to Sri Lankan women who have had breast-cancer surgery was introduced by Zontian Devika Fernando, member of the Zonta Club of Melbourne on Yara and initiated by Past President of Zonta Club II, Ganga de Zilwa through the links established with Project Co-ordinator Mary Goyne of Zonta Club of Warwick, Australia.
This soft satin supportive cushion is U-shaped with a strap and can be worn like a handbag to fit into the armpit. It would help cushion the surgical incision area and reduce lymphoedema (swelling in the arm following removal of the breast and lymph nodes in the arm pit). It gives pain relief and physical comfort after the operation, a press release said.
After leaving the hospital the cushion may be used for support while sleeping, reading, watching television, while walking and travelling in a vehicle and even while attending to household tasks and to prevent pressure from a vehicle’s seatbelt, it added.
The cushion was designed by Zontian, Ann Selle, a member of the Zonta Club of Botany Bay, Australia in 1994 after hearing from a friend about the difficulty of recovering from breast surgery. Since then, thousands of women in New South Wales and around Australia have benefited, the press release said.
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