2. CANCER AWARENESS CAMP TO OBSERVE THE WORLD CANCER DAY.
SAIRASS and ISARD had organized “Cancer Awareness Camp” on 3rd Febrauary, 2019 for the benefit of inmates of Adarsh Apartments – Colony developed for Economically weaker sections at Sector 16-B, Dwaraka, New Delhi to Mark the ‘WORLD CANCER DAY’.
Cancer Awareness Camp was conducted by a team of 9 Consultant Doctors headed by Dr. (Smt.) C.K. Durga – President Awardee for the specialization on Breast Cancer – Currently Designated as Senior Surgeon at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi. Other team of Doctors are :
Dr. Ashish, Consultant; Dr. Ananya Deori, Senior Resident
Dr. Ekta Yadav, Senior Resident; Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal, Senior Resident;
Dr. Aman, P.G.; Dr. Mahesh, P.G. ; Dr. Sukirti Rastogi, P.G. ; Dr. Arshad
Alam, P.G.
Camp focused mainly on screening the doubtful cases and counseling on various cancers to General public. The team of Doctors had also extended free consultation and advice to the patients who have been diagnosed of cancer
Doctors explained very clearly on each type of cancer like Skin, Breast, Bladder, Brain, Bone and other types of cancers and educated the audience how to take preventive measures to avoid cancer attack. The said early detection of cancer is curable. But often people neglect and reach the doctor at an advanced stages.
Many women were screened for the detection of cancer and other problems.
Men and women about 100 people attended the Camp and availed the benefit from the free consultation / counseling.
Speaking on the occasion, Mrs. L. Sita, President, SAIRASS said that the need of the hour is to educate and discuss precautionary measures on various Cancers through organizing such Awareness camps. Especially in pretext of prevalent Life Styles, Food Habits, irregular working profiles / timings and most importantly with the increasing trend of consumption of Alcohol, Tobacco and other narcotics. She reiterated the requirement of organizing such awareness
camps to facilitate the detection of positive cases from early to advanced stages. Early detection and screening tests can help save many lives, she urged.
Smt. L.Sita specially thanked the team of Doctors and the President Shri M. Rajagopal and Secretary Dr. Ajit Prasad and other members of ISARD, for extending their support in making the Camp a grand success.