鈥婩ree health checks will continue to be provided to men living in rural and regional areas, by the Men鈥檚 Health Education Rural Van (MHERV) thanks to a $50,000 funding boost from the Minns Labor Government.
MHERV is a mobile home-style vehicle which travels throughout rural and regional 黑料吃瓜网, providing free health checks for men for issues that are often ignored or overlooked, like high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high cholesterol.
Health checks take about 6 minutes, and the team estimates the lives of about 500 men have been saved.
Since it was established by the Rotary Club of Warners Bay in 2017, the MHERV has tested more than 20,000 men, with over 8,000 found to be in need of treatment and over 600 in immediate danger of a stoke or heart attack.
The $50,000 in funding supports operational costs for the van and nursing services for the first regional tour this year, from early-February to mid-June 2025.
MHERV runs tours each year, providing healthcare checks for rural and regional men close to home.
鈥婩or more details on the schedule for 2025: Mens Health Educational Rural Van - mherv Van Schedule鈥�
鈥婹uotes attributable to Minister for Regional Health, Ryan Park:
鈥淚 am pleased to contribute this funding to the Rotary Club of Warners Bay to continue the vital work of their men鈥檚 health van.
鈥淲e men often don鈥檛 get our health checked out as often as we should. MHERV is a fantastic initiative, providing free health checks in around 5 minutes and it comes to you, so there鈥檚 really no excuse to not get checked out.鈥�
Quotes attributable to Member for Lake Macquarie, Greg Piper:
鈥淢HERV is made possible by fundraising, extremely generous sponsorship and volunteers from Rotary who give their time freely to keep this initiative a success.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a vital service which ensures that rural and regional men, who are absolutely notorious for not looking after themselves, can get a quick, free and entirely confidential check-up, right on their doorstep. As a long-time supporter, I鈥檓 thrilled to see the positive impact the program has made.鈥�
Quote attributable to Toni Gemmell RN, Clinical adviser for the MHERV project:
鈥淭he focus of the MHERV project is to screen for high blood pressure and high blood sugar. High level readings can lead to catastrophic events like stroke or heart attack.
鈥淭hese diseases often have no symptoms so it鈥檚 important to have the tests that MHERV or any Doctor would do, on a regular basis. Otherwise nobody sees it coming.鈥濃��