Cervical cancer screening camp was organized by the state health department along with Women Doctors Wing (IMA) at Jamshedpur's Ravindra Bhawan auditorium on Sunday. The camp was inaugurated by state health minister Banna Gupta and IMA national president Dr. Sahajanand Prasad Singh.
State President of IMA Women's Wing Bharti Kashyap and Jamshedpur East MLA Saryu Roy were also present on this occasion. Appreciating the effort of IMA Women's Wing State President Bharti Kashyap in the fight against cervical cancer, IMA national president Dr. Sahajanand Prasad Singh said that Jharkhand module of cervical cancer eradication by Dr. Bharti Kashyap should be implemented in other states of the country and in developing countries by World Health Organization.
Earlier, highlighting the features of cervical cancer eradication progarmme, Dr. Bharti Kashyap, National Co-Chair, Women's Doctors Wing, Indian Medical Association said the ongoing cancer eradication campaign running since 2015 has gained a new momentum as breast cancer screening has been added to it.
Dr Kashyap said, “In 2015, we started Cervical Cancer Eradication Campaign in Jharkhand under the banner of Women Doctors Wing Jharkhand, in three directions. To help in strengthening the Gynecology and providing training to Government Gynecologists in Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment of Cervical Pre-Cancer. We were also successful in installing the cervical cancer test and treatment machine in 11 out of 23 Sadar Hospitals of Jharkhand and I myself installed this machine in Ranchi Sadar Hospital with my financial support. On several occasions, the government gynecologists were trained by cancer gynecologists from America, Delhi and Kolkata.”
Dr Kashyap said that to diagnose and treat Cervical pre cancer digital video call scope and cryo machine and to detect breast cancer breast cancer detection machine was also donated to government hospital.
In this mega women's health camp, all the female patients coming to the camp were examined by the team of Dr. Kanika Gupta, a renowned gynecologist from Max Super Specialty Hospital, Delhi and with this 12 women were found to have cervical pre-cancer. They were freed from cancer by giving colposcope guided cryo treatment at the site itself.
A total of 351 patients were examined in the camp. Out of which genital infection was found in a total of 210 women. Cervical pre-cancer was found in 12 women who were cured of cancer by colposcope guided cryo treatment at the camp site itself. Iron, folic acid and calcium tablets for one month were distributed free of cost to all the women coming to the camp. Kit 2 and Kit 6 tablets were distributed free of cost to all women suffering from leucorrhoea, ie white discharge from the genitalia.
Caption: State health minister Banna Gupta and IMA national president Dr. Sahajanand Prasad Singh, Dr. Bharti Kashyap, National Co-Chair, Women's Doctors Wing, Indian Medical Association inaugurates cervical cancer screening camp at Jamshedpur.