Come on blokes, get a check up

A purpose built caravan aimed at attracting men to get health checked will swing into town next week.

Stanthorpe Rotarians will help facilitate a men's health caravan coming to town. Picture: Matthew Purcell

A PURPOSE built caravan aimed at attracting men to get health checked will swing into town next week.

The Men's Health Education Rural Van is a Rotary sponsored project, including our own Stanthorpe branch.

"We all know that men are slow to go to the doctor to get something attended to that will 'go away if I put up with it for a while',” a MHERV spokesperson said.

"These are the guys who drop dead in the pub, or in the paddock, because nobody saw it coming. MHERV has many times identified a life-threatening condition, and saved someone from an early death.”

Around 41,000 Australian men die each year from preventable disease.

The health tests are offered by Rotary free of charge.

MHERV will be at Maryland St on April 4-5 from 10am-4pm.