SJAK Hosts Second Wellness Medical Camp for Sports Journalists

By The COAST reporter

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The Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) has held its second wellness medical camp in Nairobi aimed at helping media practitioners know their health condition early.

The wellness concept was conceived two years back by SJAK members. The associated has now done two events so far with Holistic and LifeCare Hospital.

Hezekiah Omondi, the business development manager at LifeCare Hospitals- Mlolongo, explained why the partnership with the journalists’ body matters.

“Partnering with SJAK is important because journalists work under tight deadlines and high pressure. Giving them access to preventive care helps protect the people who keep the public informed. Healthy journalists mean a stronger media,” he said.

LifeCare nursing manager Mary Waweru outlined the day’s screenings. “Today we tested Random Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure checks, prostate cancer screening and breast cancer screening, as well as dental check-up.”

She added, “It’s important to know your wellness status because things like blood sugar and blood pressure may not have signs and symptoms and the essence is to seek treatment early.”

William Deche of Holistic said they were helping sports scribes with the InBody machine to measure body composition, because body composition counts a lot in getting to understand weight issues and lifestyle.

Holistic also administered psychotherapy to assess the mental wellness of SJAK members.

The association underlined the importance of the wellness camp and confirmed the initiative will continue.he health of our members is a priority. This is only the second edition and more will follow because we want every journalist to thrive on and off the beat,” it said.

National Olympic Committee of Kenya deputy president Barnaba Korir praised the effort. “The camp is a good initiative that we have also adopted for athletes. If it works for athletes, it works for journalists too,” he said.