A total of 168 patients were examined in a mobile cancer detection camp on Tuesday at Brajrajnagar held under the auspices of the All India Youth Forum. Organised by Brajrajrajnagr Marwari Yuva Manch, the camp was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Nand Kishore Agrawal.
On this occasion, a meeting was held in the Municipality Kalyan Mandap, where chief guest Brajrajnagar MlA Radharani Panda urged people to keep away from all intoxicants like liquor, gutkha and panmasala.
She informed that a cancer hospital would be opened at a cost of Rs 75 crore under the Pradhan Mantri KhanuJ Khetra Kalyan Yojana (District Mineral Fund) in the middle of Brajrajnagar and Belpahar townships.
She also informed that the Union Coal Secretary has agreed to upgrade the MCl Central Hospital, Brajrajnagar to a super speciality hospital in the PPP mode.
Municipality Chairman Agrawal and Chief Medical Officer of Tata Refractories Hospital Dr Tusar kanti Das also spoke on the occasion while businessman Gobind Agrawal and Cancer Detection Van Coordinator Anand Kumar Singh shared the dais. Brajrajnagar MYM president Bhubant Agrawal presided over the meeting and general secretary Rajiv Sharma offered a vote of thanks.