Spanish Pink Glove Photo Competition winners from the general surgical block of the Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra have donated their third place prize money to SARAY, a local organisation promoting comprehensive care for breast cancer patients and their families.

Navarra’s local e-newspaper featured a press release (in Spanish) about the winners with some background information about their photo submission and what it meant to them.

As medical professionals who have accompanied numerous patients throughout the breast cancer treatment process, they wanted to promote awareness and show the importance of moral support and positive attitudes.

Medline’s third annual Pink Glove Photo Competition, supporting breast cancer awareness and funding, just wrapped up last week. In this competition, we invite healthcare workers to take creative pictures of themselves wearing our pink gloves, which are posted on Facebook for voting. The ‘likes’ have been tallied, and, out of 50 beautiful submissions, we are pleased to announce this year’s three winners:

• 1st place: Italy, Asur 4 Senigallia
• 2nd place: France, Un esprit sein, dans un corps sain
• 3rd place: Spain, Diana Marcilla Hernández, en representación del Bloque Quirúrgico General del Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra.

The winners receive donations in their names to breast cancer charities or organisations of their choice. In addition, we are pleased to report that all three winners have been mentioned individually in the local press in Italy, France and Spain, respectively. Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to breast cancer awareness.