Calling all men aged over 40 get to the Number Six shed on Front Street at some point between noon and 6pm on Thursday, for a free health screening.If you need to see a doctor but can’t afford it, you’ll be given a voucher to help you be able to do so.The Bermuda Cancer and Heath Centre has joined forces with three other charities and a government agency to provide a free health-screening day for the Island’s men.Particularly important in this economic climate where many people have become unemployed and lost their health insurance, the event will also pinpoint men who need financial assistance for healthcare, and provide them with a voucher to use for this purpose.“We’ve partnered with the Department of Health, Bermuda Diabetes Association, the Bermuda Heart Foundation and Open Airways for this event,” said Rhonda Smith Simmons, education officer at the Cancer Centre.In addition to blood sugar and blood pressure testing, men who attend the clinic will have the opportunity to consult a nutritionist, podiatrist and even a primary care physician.“The men will be streamed through various stations and if needed they will have a chance to meet with a doctor for about ten minutes,” said Ms Smith Simmons.To guarantee a smooth flow through the various stations, Ms Smith Simmons said nurses will be on hand to take a brief medical history of each man that attends.“This will help prevent a bottleneck as the men will be directed individually as to where they should go,” she said.But the medical history questionnaires will also provide the participating charities with important data on the effectiveness and use of services they offer.“It’s not a long questionnaire but it does focus on the areas we address as charities. The clients’ personal incidence and family history of cancer, for example, can guide us in determining whether they are getting the right screening,” she said.She said copies of the questionnaires will be kept and the information collated for use by all the partner charities. And she assured the database created will not include names.Men aged 40 and over are the targeted group, but organisers said no man that attends will be turned away.“We’ve chosen this age group because it tends to be when problems start happening,” said Ms Smith Simmons. “We know historically men don’t go to the doctor as much as women, it may be that they don’t like to wait or that they have a fear and don’t want to hear bad news,” she said.No matter the reason, she said the free health screening day has been designed to help direct men to make their health a priority in their lives.In fact, financing for the project comes entirely from last year’s fundraising event for men Mo’vember Campaign where 173 men grew their moustaches for a month to highlight awareness over cancer.“The men raised $92,440 and a 100 percent of it will be used to support men’s health programmes in Bermuda,” said Cancer Centre fundraising coordinator Deborah Narraway.“The Mo’vember Campaign is also funding a Men’s Health Voucher programme which enables men over 40 who are uninsured or underinsured and have not seen their doctor in over a year the opportunity to have an annual health check-up with their doctor,” she added. “The voucher will subsidise the cost of this visit up to $150.”For more information on the free health-screening day for men and the Men’s Health Voucher programme, visit the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre online at www.cancer.bm or call 236-1001.