On Tuesday 1st October 2024, Miss Akolekar was invited to speak at a GP Educational Event at Beckenham Park Care Home (Avery Collection) The session was highly interactive and covered important updates on breast cancer diagnosis, treatment options, and reconstructive surgery. In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this event served as a timely reminder of the significance of early …
23rd October 2024 Miss Akolekar and Breast Cancer Kent were invited by Cabot to request if they could talk to their employees about Breast self examination. Miss Akolekar passionately believes in encouraging breast awareness amongst women and men and giving them the knowledge and confidence in breast self examination. She gave a talk highlighting basic steps of self examination and …
Here is her story: I took up the challenge to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, which is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest mountain above sea level in the world (5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level. Some references even suggest that Kilimanjaro is harder than Everest base camp! The success rate for climbers is 65% and a common reason …
Deepika Akolekar and her gynaecological Consultant colleague Philippa Moth delivered information about Breast Examination, Genetics, Menopause and HRT. This was the 2nd of the series of events organised in association with the West Malling Patient Participation Group. This free event was held at GenesisCare Centre in Kings Hill. The highly sought after event was fully booked and generated a …