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Gurgaon
doctor offers free cancer treatment
Saturday November 13, 2010 07:21:14 PM,
IANS
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Gurgaon:
Moved by the plight of the poor, a doctor here Saturday set up an
NGO to offer free diagnosis and treatment for cancer patients from
low income families.
The New India Cancer Charity Initiative (NICCI) is the brainchild
of Bhawna Sirohi, head oncologist at the Artemis Health Institute.
"There is such a big lacuna when it comes to awareness about
cancer... and it's not just among the illiterate but also among
the educated class," Sirohi told IANS.
She said cancer awareness would be one of the key aims of her NGO
to make early diognosis of the disease possible.
"So many times women come to me in advanced stages of breast
cancer simply because they didn't think that a lump on their
breast was a reason enough to see the doctor. Unless there is pain
or bleeding, they will keep putting it off," she said.
According to Sirohi, India has 80,000-100,000 new cases of breast
cancer every year. Globally, a woman is diagnosed with breast
cancer every three minutes.
"I have been giving lectures to spread awareness on cancer to
resident welfare associations. In order to do more, I decided to
start this NGO. At the start, we will go to Meerut for awareness
campaigns," she said.
Cancer treatment is expensive, with diagnosis and treatment
costing upwards of Rs.5 lakh. Chemotherapy alone costs upwards of
Rs.1 lakh.
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