Cancer Awareness & Screening Medical Health Camp

On the 30th January 2015, #Rotary Club of Kakarvitta organized a Cancer Awareness & Screening Medical Health Camp on the premises of Shree Vidya Vikash Academy, Bahundangi-1 targeting the people of rural area Bahundangi, who has less reach to the hospital & where there is lack education about the Cancer. The Camp was done with the help of Bahundangi Jaycess & was technically Supported by Medica Cancer Hospital, Rangapani, India. With the Medical team, lead by Dr. S. Maryam Ahemad (Cancer Specialist), health Camp was specially targeted to investigate & do screening of the suspected & long term patience. Due to long addiction of tobacco chewing & cigarettes, people on the rural areas are in more danger to cancer. They are often habituated to ignore the common symptoms. To educate them about it we also did a Cancer Awareness Sessions. House Wives & Old Ladies showed more interest on those sessions. More than 100 patients were benefited by the screening where 18 patients were suspected for the cancer. Patients from the age of 12 till 98 participated the camp with the enthusiasm to get more knowledge about the cancer. On the formal program, Jc. Uttam Sithung (President of Bahundangi Jaycess) welcomed the guests where President Elect Rtn. Raju Maharjan enlighten about the Rotary International. Mr. Sanjiv Neogi (Public Relation Officer of Medica) said that they were pleased to get such an opportunity get direct contact with the people. Rtn. Nabin Baral (also Founder President of Bahundagi Jaycess) expressed his feeling that, how delight he was to have both organization in a single umbrella for such novel cause. Dr. S. Maryam Ahemad, Chief Guest of the program elaborated the causes & the symptoms of Cancer, She also said that Cancer is a Cureable if it can be diagnose on the initial stage. She also promised that the all the patients that shall be suspected for the cancer in this camp shallbe given 50% off on the initial diagnose. President of Rotary Club of Kakarvitta, Rtn. Dilip Subedi expressed his gratitude with the Token of Love to Medica team, Bahundangi Jaycess & the school Shree Vidya Vikash Academy, he further added that Rotary shall bring these types of camps & programs in the future too. The formal program was conducted by the Secretary Rtn. Sujan Pradhan where he elaborated about the Rotary Foundation & Polio Plus.