Taking the fight to breast cancer
16 October 2015 - 02:47
Bookkeeper Nonhlanhla Makamedi refused to accept that she had breast cancer. She thought it was a death sentence. She wouldn't go for treatment for two years. When she finally sought treatment at the Helen Joseph Hospital's Breast Care Clinic in 2013, she was encouraged by community health workers to "take the journey", despite the side effects of chemotherapy.
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