Jumeira Rotana and Villa Rotana Spreads Hope and Share the fight against Breast Cancer

To commemorate the Breast Cancer awareness month, Jumeira Rotana and Villa Rotana celebrates Pink Day in collaboration with Belhoul European Hospital and Belhoul Speciality Hospital.

In observance of the campaign, all colleagues wore pink ribbons and changed the look of the hotel into pink, starting with a beautiful floral display in the lobby and complimentary cupcakes for our guests and colleagues with the touch of edible pink ribbons. The specialist from the hospital conducted the awareness to all the ladies present to educate them about breast cancer and how to detect it at an early stage.

Statistics shows that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The cure lies in innovation, however, until now there’s no cure for the disease and only early diagnosis, treatment and prevention can help in eliminating it. 

Commenting on the event, Ms. Dana Hlavnova, General Manager of Jumeira Rotana said, “it is essential for us to take part in such initiative, not only to support the global awareness but to educate our colleagues on the importance of being aware about it. As we said, prevention is better than cure and data shows that there is a 98% survival rate on early detection of breast cancer.” 

Mr. Hossam Mansour, General Manager, Villa Rotana said, “We at Villa Rotana have been active in several CSR activities since its inception, we are grateful in taking part in this awareness to give hope and fight against breast cancer. It is alarming since 85% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a family history. A healthy lifestyle also reduces the risk of getting the disease by 40%.”

Dr. Amal William Habib, an specialist Obstetrics & Gynaecology said, “October is the international Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the need for early diagnosis play a key role in improving survival rates. We at the Belhoul European Hospital and Belhoul Speciality Hospital conduct such initiative in partnership with other companies like Rotana to educate their employees about the disease and how to prevent them.”

“We seek to dispel myths and stigmas associated with the detection and treatment of cancer and especially to reach out to men who are statistically slower than women in coming forward with medical concerns. October is a very significant month for breast cancer initiatives globally and we are truly grateful to Jumeira Rotana and Villa Rotana for being one of our partners in spreading the hope and fight against breast cancer,” she added.

The event was concluded with the distribution of complimentary mammogram test vouchers to female colleagues of Jumeira Rotana and Villa Rotana.

Jumeira Rotana and Villa Rotana have taken part in this important worldwide awareness programme in various activities every year, like the pink walkathon with the aim to promote health and wellbeing with its colleagues.