Blue March: Aésio Santé sponsors the Montpellier-Limoges handball match to raise awareness of colorectal cancer screening

Aésio sponsors a Montpellier-Limoges match. MAXPPP – © JEAN CLAUDE AZRIA

On the occasion of Blue March, a month dedicated to colorectal cancer awareness, Aésio Santé is sponsoring the Montpellier-Limoges Handball match, from March 10, 2024 at 5 p.m.

On Sunday March 10, 2024, the teams of visceral surgeons and gastroenterologists from the Institut Mutualiste Montpelliérain – Clinique Beau Soleil, Aésio Santé establishment, and the mars bleu collective will be present during the match Montpellier-Limoges which will take place at the FDI Stadium from 5 p.m.

Indeed, on the occasion of blue March, medical teams are mobilizing to raise awareness among the general public about the disease. importance of colorectal cancer screening.

Animations offered

Before the sporting event, a prevention stand will be offered to the general public, with the provision of a screening kit colorectal cancer, a photobooth and an animation with a smoothie bike. 

At the end of the meeting, a donation in favor of the Mon Réseau Cancer Colorectal patient association will be given.

Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in France for all sexes combined. It affects 42,000 people in France each year. However, when detected early, colorectal cancer is cured more than 9 times out of 10.

"Screening concerns men and women aged 50 and over. This is a test to look for blood in the stool. It is very easy to do at home with a kit found in pharmacies", explains Dr Roman Combes, Gastro-Enterologist at the Beau Soleil clinic.

As the symptoms of colorectal cancer are quite vague and detectable only after a long course, screening is the best solution for effective treatment.

Aésio Santé: innovative mutualist player

Caring, Supporting, Innovating: this is the guiding principle of the mutualist actor. It offers, through nearly 200 health establishments, a range of care and services, adapted to each territory.

Aésio is both present in the field health and medico-social. From surgery to medicine, including oncology, care follow-up and rehabilitation, home hospitalization, radiology, health centers, dental…

But it is also present in reception for the elderly, people with disabilities, early childhood and services for the person or even innovation, research and development.

Always with this aim of caring, supporting, innovating, Aésio deals with the sectors of goods and services: pharmacies, optical centers, hearing aids, general orthopedics and medical equipment.

On a daily basis, 5100 healthcare professionals s’invest to care for, accompany, support and provide their patients, residents and clients, ever more innovative solutions.

Faced with the challenges of our society: aging of the population, development of chronic diseases, scarcity of public finances, the mutualist group continues its ambition to promote access for everyone receives quality care.

For this and concretely, the teams work in the field to develop e-health and facilitate access to remote specialists or benefit from tools based on artificial intelligence to identify and prevent fragility.

It also ensures that local health centers are created in areas affected by medical desertification and that care pathways are optimized, avoiding interruptions in care and hospitalizations. .

Aésio Santé is also responsible for experimenting with new supports and tools to provide new solutions in the healthcare sector. support for patients.