Erbil, 31st October, 2015- Erbil Rotana, leading hotel in Iraq, participated in the 2015 Erbil Marathon and collaborated with Media Diagnostic Center and in commemoration of Breast Cancer awareness month. Promoting the cause of breast cancer was one of our main objective and we prepared more than 2000 breast cancer motif ribbons and distributed among the participants while advising them on how to detect it at an early stage. Also, Erbil Rotana was one of the main sponsors of this event and set many water stations throughout the running track. At the end of the Marathon, Erbil Rotana provided 3 vouchers for monographic breast cancer test at Media Diagnostic center to three of the participated women.

Commenting on the event, Ghassan Dalal, general manager of Erbil Rotana, said: “We at Erbil 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 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer not have a family history. A healthy lifestyle also reduces the risk of getting the disease by 40 per cent.”

Getting ready early in the morning! 

Number of participants with the breast cancer motif on, right before the marathon 

One of Erbil Rotana staff while putting the breast cancer motif for someone

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This event was in collaboration with Media Diagnostic Center