Cancer Centre Construction Workers in the Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast cancer awareness 2008 Pink is not a colour you will often see on a building site but today workers at the site of The London Clinic’s new dedicated cancer centre were keen to show their support for Breast Cancer Care.

Employees from Shepherd Construction, the company managing the building project and the main contractor for the centre, donned bright pink helmets whilst they worked and bought pink doughnuts to eat during their breaks.

It was a fitting location for the breast cancer fundraising to take place. On the site at 60-62 Marylebone High Street and 21–22 Devonshire Place the workers are building a 7,500m² state-of-art cancer centre which will be at the forefront of cancer treatment in the UK once it opens in winter 2009. The centre will enhance The London Clinic’s existing oncology services by offering the very latest progressive treatments and developments in the field of cancer services.

Staff at The London Clinic will also being getting in the pink, holding a ‘pink’ raffle and a pink doughnut sale of their own. Donations are also being sought from patients through collection boxes which have been placed at the Clinic’s reception areas.

Malcolm Miller, Chief Executive at The London Clinic, says: “At The London Clinic we know only too well how terrifying a breast cancer diagnosis can be so we were delighted that staff here and at Shepherd Construction are doing their bit to raise money and awareness for breast cancer charities.”

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For more information please contact Deborah Muir on 020 8786 3860 or email deborah.muir@trinitypr.co.uk

Notes to editors:

The London Clinic:

- One of the UK’s most established independent hospitals.

- Long-standing international reputation attracting leading consultants

- The new Cancer Centre due to open in winter 2009 will enhance The London Clinic’s existing

oncology services by offering the very latest progressive treatments and developments in

the field of cancer services, to include chemotherapy, transplant and other specialised

haematology/oncology facilities. The new centre will also embrace groundbreaking technology

such as the CyberKnife^® Robotic Radiosurgery System.