Izaakian Premier Dr Stella Blanc announces that she will run the New Mako Boxing Day marathon, in what will be just 3 months after she was shot twice outside parliament. She will be running to raise money and awareness for Insanity! a charity which provides support for those with mental health issues and is a leading research organisation for these illnesses. The organisation helped support former Prime minister Valkyrie Mountbatten following her breakdown earlier this year.
President Blanc was quoted as saying “It’s important that we bring mental health to the forefront of Izaakian society, for too long Izaakians have shown a stiff upper lip, and it’s not healthy, lives can be saved by making mental health no longer a taboo.”