Cushions to replace breasts

Nadira Gunatilleke

Sri Lankan women who have had their breasts removed for medical reasons can now have artificial breasts (cushions) with the assistance of Colombo Zonta 11 of Botany Bay Zonta Organization, a Health Ministry spokesman said.

According to the spokesman a project has been launched by the Zonta International Organization to assist women who lost breasts to breast cancer. The breast cancer cushion project will assist Sri Lankan women who lost breasts to cancers.

This is the first time this type of a project is being implemented in Sri Lanka. Women mentally suffer about their appearance when they lose breasts to cancer. The cushion is manufactured as a U shape instrument that is possible to be worn on the shoulder just like a hand bang, he said.

The instrument was created by Anne Selle, a member of the Australian Zonta Organization, he added.