| 500 pay their last respects to Megat Junid
PETALING JAYA: Former and current Cabinet ministers joined more than 500 people in paying their last respects to Tan Sri Megat Junid Megat Ayub at his home in Kelana Jaya. Megat Junid, the former domestic trade and consumer affairs minister, died of prostate cancer at the Pantai Medical Centre early yesterday. He was 65. He was buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim cemetery after zohor prayers. .
Woster: Recuperation makes me value my freedom
As I write this column, I am in my 10th day of recuperation from prostate cancer surgery and doing well, thank you.I bring this up, not to belabor the fact that I got whacked with a disease. We have already done that.I will, however, for the final time, remind all of you fellows who are over 50 to include the prostate tests in your regular physical. It can save your life.Back to recuperation.I was sent home from a Wednesday morning surgery, Friday afternoon and the rest of that day is pretty much forgotten. High test drugs and lack of sleep will do that.It was about noon on Saturday that I began to investigate the direction, which I would take for the following couple or three weeks as far as "something to do." Dr. Hofer had fairly well defined the "what to dos" and quite frankly, I don't think he worried a lot about what should we do about Jim's boredom.
Sean Van Zijl, urologist
Dr. Sean Van Zijl, a urologist with Chesapeake Urology Associates, is a passionate runner who wanted to raise awareness about prostate-cancer and support prostate-cancer research. So, combining his avocation and vocation, he came up with "Great Strides Against Prostate Cancer," a 5-kilometer run and 1-mile walk/run that will be held 8 a.m. Sept. 30 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson.
In addition to the run, free prostate-cancer screenings will be offered that morning at the Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center. For more information about the screenings, call 410-337-1479. To register for the run, go to charmcityrun.com.
Dr. Van Zijl, 34, lives in Elkton with his wife, Susanne, and two sons.
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