Joining the fleet of vehicles operated by PinkDrive, a charitable organisation fighting against breast cancer in South Africa, is a specially-equipped Hino 500-Series 1626 chassis cab. The truck is fitted with a box body carrying specialised equipment for conducting mammographic screening.

Noelene Kotschan, founder and director of PinkDrive, says, “This is our second mobile mammography unit and will be used in both semi-urban and urban areas with the objective of enabling various disadvantaged communities access to education, physical examination and how to do breast self-examination in the fight against cancer.”

Because BIDVest is a major sponsor of this project the group’s McCarthy automotive retailer was approached to supply the vehicle. This resulted in Hino Selby undertaking the project, which included lengthening a long-wheelbase 1626 chassis cab and coordinating the construction and fitment of the box body.