A CANCER SCREENING CAMP WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY’S CANCER AID COMMITTEE IN COLLABORATION WITH CANCER PATIENT AID ASSOCIATION ON MARCH 9TH FOR B.E.S.T.’S COLABA WORKERS. Seventy-seven women were screened. Sixty-nine patients were identified for additional testing including PAP smears, abdominal ultrasounds and sono-mammograms, and biopsy after screening. ...
A CANCER SCREENING CAMP WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY’S CANCER AID COMMITTEE IN COLLABORATION WITH CANCER PATIENT AID ASSOCIATION ON MARCH 8TH FOR B.E.S.T.’S DADAR WORKERS. 75 women were screened. Thirty-five patients were planned for additional testing including PAP smears, abdomen ultrasounds and sono-mammograms after screening. [gallery size="full" link="none" ids="25616,25617,25618"]...
A cancer screening camp was conducted by the Rotary Club of Bombay’s Cancer Aid Committee in collaboration with Cancer Patient Aid association on January 10th. While 88 women were initially screened, 42 patients have been identified for additional follow-ups and testing. This has been the first screening camp since the Covid pandemic began and it...
CANCER AID Director-in-charge: Rtn. (Dr.) Rohini Chowgule Chairperson: Rtn. (Dr.) Ian Pinto Vice-Chairperson: Rtn. Farokh Balsara Committee Members: Rtn. (Dr.) Aashish Contractor, Rtn. Hoshang Nazir, Rtn. Mudit Jatia, Rtn. Ptn. Soonu Balsara, Rtn. Zeenia Master, Rtn. Murrad Currawala Educational video on cancer prevention and treatment in collaboration with Indian Cancer Society: created and translated into regional languages and used by...
The Rotary Cancer Aid Committee conducted a camp for cancer awareness education and screening for wives of serving soldiers on March 12th at Powai. Around 60 women were screened at this camp. [gallery columns="2" size="full" link="none" ids="22367,22368,22369"]...
The Rotary Club of Bombay, in collaboration with the Cancer Patient Aid Association, conducted an early detection cancer screening camp on January 23rd, 2020 at the Traffic Police headquarters in Worli. At the camp, more than a hundred traffic police personnel were screened and educated on cancer awareness. Cancer specialist Rtn. (Dr.) Ian Pinto was...
A live-streamed panel discussion on Cancer awareness was held on November 29, at Jai Hind College, Churchgate. Rtn. (Dr.) Ian Pinto was part of the panel discussion. RCB received an encouraging response from people in the auditorium as well as through live streaming and social media channels. The programme was well-conceived with certain last-minute additions like the...
RCB has aided bereavement support for grieving parents since 2011 Buldhana resident Suresh Manjulkar lost his 13-month-old son Dhanraj to blood cancer at Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel, in 2011. Hospital social workers helped Suresh and his wife Jyoti carried out last rites for the child at Shivaji Park Crematorium as Suresh had barely a few...
ROTARY CLUB OF BOMBAY (RCB) TIED up with Indian Cancer Society (ICS), believing, with them, that “Cancer is manageable, when detected early”. Awareness followed by early detection improves the chances of battling this dreaded disease. Early diagnosis of cancer has been the core objective. RCB along with ICS is conducting cancer awareness camps from October...
A cancer education and awareness programme was conducted at Jai Hind College, Mumbai, on October 3, 2018. The event was attended by approximately 500 people. This was a joint initiative of the Rotary Club of Bombay (through the Cancer Aid Committee), Indian Cancer Society (ICS) and Jai Hind College (JHC) along with its young...
A Cancer Screening Camp held at Kalina - Santacruz on 24th February, 2018 - Sponsored by Rotary Club of Bombay The slums for this camp were identified by Nargis Dutt foundation and Priya Dutt personally visited the camp. She was happy to see the arrangements done by our club and sent a note to thank our...
Dr. Vijaya Taskar is the President of Streehitkarini, a non-governmental organization providing education to women living in the slums of Mumbai. She requested our club through the CPAA to hold a cancer screening camp for 100 women from slums and lower middle class families in Dadar, Elphinstone and Lower Parel. Rotary Club of Bombay held another screening...