On October 10th, 2024, we at the Rotary Club of Bombay, donated the following equipment to TATA ACTREC Cancer Hospital at Kharghar, Navi Mumbai totally costing over ₹25 lakh: 1) 5 HFNC Machines (advanced) 2) 50 Advanced Wheel Chairs 3) 2 Trauma Care Trolleys Present on the occasion were ARRFC & PDG Sandip Agarwalla, President Satyan Israni, PP...
Chair: Rtn. Farokh Balsara Co-chair: Rtn. Ptn. Dr. Soonnu Balsara This year we have supported the cancer treatment of 41 needy patients (including 17 children) and have disbursed Rs. 14.25 lakhs directly to the below-mentioned 12 hospitals where the cancer patients are being treated: • Holy Family Hospital • Hiranandani Cancer Institute • KEM Hospital • SRCC Children’s Hospital • Aasha Cancer...
ACTREC (Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research, and Education for Cancer) operates under Tata Memorial Centre (TMC). The centre was established in 2001 and has been growing ever since, expanding from 130 beds to now a 465-bed hospital, with plans to become a 900-bed hospital in the future. With the increase in patient beds, the demand...
New dialysis centre inaugurated The Rotary Club of Bombay, in collaboration with Samarpan Hospital, celebrated the grand inauguration of a new 28-bed dialysis centre at the Samarpan Hospital, Aaradhya Edu-Health Centre in Ghatkopar East. This state-of-the-art facility is designed to significantly enhance dialysis services for patients in the region. Facility upgrade and expansion plans the new...
Squash-A-Mile for V Care Foundation is an initiative of the Advani siblings and now an initiative of the squash fraternity, young volunteer kids across schools especially Hill Spring School, and the extended Advani family. Since 2012, young children volunteers have raised more than Rs. 18 million, helping over 3500 less privileged cancer patients through V Care Foundation...
RCISME, in collaboration with Vishwas NGO and Tata memorial Hospital organised a MEGA blood donation campaign for cancer patients on October 24th, 2021. We had a total of 150 donors, 8-10 doctors and 20+ volunteers. We were told that 1 pint of blood saves three lives and that day we saved 450 lives, which is something...
On October 26th, 2021, the Cancer Aid Committee had a Diwali party for the children being treated at the Tata Memorial Hospital. The musician Dwayne Gamree not only entertained the children with fun upbeat songs that they knew but also made them sing and perform an African song along with him that they enthusiastically followed. Clearly...
The Rotary Club of Bombay conducted a cancer screening camp in collaboration with the Cancer Patients Aid Association, on June 16th, 2021. The beneficiaries of the camp were women at the Anjuman Khairul Islam Girls School, Madanpura, Mumbai. From a total of 62 women screened, additional testing was planned for 12. The follow-up tests include...
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Dr. Rohini Chowgule Chair: Rtn. Dr. Ian Pinto Co-Chair: Rtn. Farokh Balsara Members: Rtn. Dr. Ashish Contractor, Rtn. Hoshang Nazir, Rtn. Mudit Jain, Rtn. Zeenia Master, Rtn. Murad Currawala, Rtn. Ptn. Dr. Soonu Balsara With the Covid pandemic raging, screening and early diagnosis of patients with Cancer have been severely affected across the country. Patients have been...
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...