Senators share family’s battle with breast cancer

Two senators delivered emotional personal accounts in the Upper House on Friday as they reflected on how breast cancer has affected their own families, using their experiences to highlight the urgent need for greater screening and early detection across Jamaica.

Government senator and medical doctor Elon Thompson opened the discussion as he delivered a motion on the adjournment, revealing that three of his aunts were diagnosed with breast cancer and that two of them ultimately lost their battle with the disease.

“Before I speak as a senator, or as a doctor, permit me to speak as a nephew,” Thompson told fellow senators.