The College of Pharmacy at Qassim University, in cooperation with Tuhour Charitable Society and Al-Amal Mental Health Hospital, launched an awareness campaign on the occasion of World Mental Health Day and Breast Cancer Awareness Day at Onaiza Mall, Onaiza Governorate. The campaign included two sections, one for mental health and the other for breast cancer awareness, and 18 students participated in providing medical and educational services to visitors, where they measured the pressure and sugar of the guests, who numbered more than 200 male and female visitors, and answered their questions and inquiries about standards and controls to maintain public health.
For his part, Dr. Yasser Al-Muqbel, Vice Dean of the College, stressed the need to activate international events dedicated to raising awareness of specific diseases, and to invest these events in spreading awareness among members of the community and introducing the reasons for preventing these diseases and methods of treatment in case of infection, pointing out that the colleges of Qassim University provide many health, awareness and cultural services to the people of the region, sensing its social role as the largest scientific and academic institution in the region.
He pointed out that the faculty members and male and female students of the College of Pharmacy always take the initiative to participate in service, awareness and health activities for the people of the Kingdom, referring to the major campaign implemented by the College of Pharmacy last summer in several regions of the Kingdom under the slogan "Health We Care to Care", which was accepted and welcomed in the areas it went to, and achieved many health and awareness objectives for large numbers of visitors to the campaign's headquarters.