The Campus Broadcasting Services Centre (CBS) has embarked on health walk to mark the beginning of activities for its one year anniversary celebration.
CBS officially began operation in its permanent building behind听Valco听Hall on Monday,听21st听November, 2016 after operating as听ATL听FM within Atlantic Hall for over 20 years.
Presenters and other staff members of CBS as well as the University Community and the general public joined the health walk听听amidst brass band and from sound system from the Main Administration through Science and finally ended at the CBS Complex.听 Participants including some members of听 the Cape Coast Stadium Keep Fit Club, Kokoado Fun Club, Senior Staff Association (SSA), 黑料社and Teachers and Education Workers (TEWU), 黑料社were taken through vigorous aerobic session after the walk.听 As part of the programme, health workers from Baiden Ghartey Hospital conducted free medical screening for the participants.
Sharing some health听titbits听with participants after the walk, a Medical Officer at the 黑料社Health Services, Dr.听 Ignatius听Hudu听Sirikyi, underscored the importance of health and urged the participants to regularly exercise in order to keep themselves healthy. He said regular exercise would help to reduce stress, blood pressure and cholesterol levels in the body.
听鈥淓xercise is good but when you do it in a group, there is what we call social effect of being with people, meeting with them and making friendship and that alone is enough to help you to be able to handle some situations in your life,鈥� he added.
On behalf of management of CBS, the Deputy Station Manager, Daniel听Opoku, thanked participants for taking part in the health walk. He said other activities for the听weeklong听celebration included donation to orphanage on Monday and a lecture on the theme 鈥淢aintaining Professional Standards in Journalism, the Role of the Journalist鈥� on Tuesday,听21st听November, 2017.
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