A cancer detection camp would be held at the Agrasen Bhawan at Khariar in on Tuesday. The tests would be conducted by experts, who would come with a mobile cancer screening centre fitted with modern cancer detection equipment, informed office-bearers of the Marwari Yuva Manch (MYM), Khariar and Navjyoti Sakha at a Press meet on Saturday.
The mobile centre worth about Rs 1.75 crore is a first-of-its-kind initiative by the All India Marwari Yuva Manch and the SR Rungta Group.
“Cancer cases are growing day by day. Most people are dying due to ignorance. The current effort is to conduct tests as well to inform people that cancer can be successfully treated if detected early,” said the camp organiserss.
The camp would conduct 10 different types of medical tests and provide the test reports to the participants at the camp site within a few hours, they added.