1000 Women Screened for Breast Cancer in 3 Days by Can Protect Foundation

The Can Protect Foundation has established a new crematorium by doing free breast examining/screening of more than 1000 women in the last 3 days .

Can Protect Foundation has been conducting free breast health checkup and cervical cancer camps for the prevention of breast and cervical cancer in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh for the last 4years and has so far examined more than 10,000 women free of cost. The commendable thing is that no financial assistance from any government institution is available to this institution so far.

Senior MLA Dehradun Cantt, Shri Harbans Kapoor, chief guest of the program, on the third and final day of the 3-day Breast Detection Day at Agrawal Dharamsala, located at Gandhi Road in Dehradun, appreciated the Can Protect Foundation and said that the institution is doing a very good job.

On this occasion, MLA Mussoorie, Shri Ganesh Joshi also participated as a Guest of Honour, said that organizing camps at different places by the institution and making people aware is a very commendable work.

On the first day of the program, the chief guest was the Mayor and MLA Dharampur, Dehradun Shri Vinod Chamoli had requested the participation of all the people of the region in this free breast screening camp.

As the Chief Guest on the second day of Free Mega Breast Screening Camp, the Minister of Women Welfare and Child Development, Uttarakhand Government, Smt Rekha Arya attended the program, appreciating the work done by the institution and appealed all the women to come in a large number for screening, She said that everyone should be careful of their health.

On the second day of the Mega Breast Screening Camp, Uttarakhand Police Director General Anil Raturi and Smt Radha Rathodari, Chief Secretary Women Welfare and Child Development join us as a Guest of Honour. Both of them applauded the work done by the organization and also gave best wishes to Dr. Sumita Prabhakar for 3-day free breast cancer screening.

Speaking to the media, Dr. Sumita Prabhakar, President of the Can Protect Foundation said that 1,000 women have been examined in the last 3 days and about 2500 women have been examined in the month of October, Dr. Sumita Prabhakar told that The goal of the Can Protect Foundation is to examine every woman of Uttarakhand by 2020 to avoid such a terrible and deadly disease like breast cancer.

On this occasion, Secretary, Praveen Dang also appealed to all to make more women aware of breast cancer and to share the information of the free breast screening camps being imparted to the institution, so that more and more women could get Cain Protect Could benefit the Foundation.