For the third year running and on its 10th Anniversary on Saint Valentine’s Day, The Marigold Foundation embarked on an educational campaign on prevention and heart health.

This year’s Cardiac Awareness Campaign aims to educate the general public about the difference between a heart attack and a heart failure. This was said by Mr. Robert Xuereb, Chairman and Consultant at the Cardiology Department and Honorary Member of the Board of The Marigold Foundation who emphasized the importance of taking care of our heart’s health as well as being attentive to symptoms that can help us to notice at the right time and what we can do as a treatment.

Michelle Muscat Founder and Chair of The Marigold Foundation said that on this particular day when the Foundation is celebrating its 10th Anniversary since its founding, the pillars of The Marigold Foundation that of health, social and education, remain as its fulcrum and are all being addressed in this campaign.

Michelle Muscat said that The Marigold Foundation believes in the advancement of every citizen in this country and in improving everyone’s life through knowledge, education and support services so that it is ensured that the Sustainable Development Goals supported by the United Nations are met through the hard work of voluntary organizations such as The Marigold Foundation.

Addressing this occasion was Dr. Alice May Moore, Cardiology Resident Specialist, lead in Cardio-Oncology and Sheldon Attard and Janet Caruana – Heart Failure Nurses, who spoke in more detail about the symptoms of a heart failure and what one can do to be healthier and prevent it.

Spread throughout the day along Republic Street, this year’s edition was animated by impromtu music and dancing with the general public by Yada Dance Company, Swing Island Malta and Saxaphonist Daniel Plata. Dancing and Red apples were offered to passers by encouraging healthy eating and lifestyle habits.

The campaign is organised by The Marigold Foundation in collaboration with the Cardiac Unit at Mater Dei Hospital and with the support of the Archeology Museum, Teatru Cafe.

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