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NARGISNewsletter of the Indian Cancer Society, Delhi.

Cancer Help Line : 9910516562 Editor : Kamna Taneja

Website : www.indiancancersocietydelhi.inIssue 2: September, 2018

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Dear Readers,

The last few months at ICS have

been happily full of activity, target achievements and

events. We began our year with a super successful

Survivors Day event, followed by a evening of brilliant

music by the Char Yaar Group. We’ve attended many

stimulating work-shops and have even held some of

our own. Our workshop on “Role Play “ was a first for

most of our volunteers and much appreciated and

applauded.

Like every year, the third quarter of the year is when

we hold our Annual Seminar. This year, we have a topic

which is the “ flavour of the season ” - Artificial

Intelligent, or AI as it is popularly called. Of course, our

focus will be on AI in the Health Sector.

Artificial Intelligence is a vast and complex subject. To

our limited understanding, it has been created by

human intelligence, programmed with necessary

algorithms . The machines are now endowed with the

intellectual process of the human mind - the ability to

reason, discover a pattern and meaning from a mass

of pre fed data, to generalise this and give unbiased

opinions.

Indian Cancer Society has been aware of the

complexity of the subject, but not its existing scope or

present/future capacity. Since AI is already in

operation in Healthcare, it is necessary for us to

explore the ways in which it impacts the gamut of

Screening, Diagnostics and Treatment. Our Seminar

this year seeks to step beyond the comfort of “ dead

habit” and encourage fresh thinking as well as new

ways of operation.

For our present Session, we have a panel of experts

who are leaders in this field, who will strive to educate

without frightening. We urge you all, young and old,

to come and partake of this enlightening experience .

Last in this editorial, but First on our list , are our

Devoted Volunteers. A huge Thank You for all you

have been doing. ICS would not be what it is without

each one of you.

- Kamna Taneja

The Narcissus flower or Nargis in Hindi, Persian and Urdu poetry, represents the Beloved’s eye. It is also the symbol of hope eternal, for its shy presence perfumes the air of the darkest winter and hints of brighter times ahead. Cancer Survivors similarly are living symbols of hope and happiness.

Our Survivor Volunteers are in attendance at the following Clinics:

Mondays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.02:30 p.m. - 04:30 p.m.

Fridays 02:30 p.m. - 04:30 p.m.Co-ordinator : Deepa Khemani Mob. +91- 9873440902

Ranjit Kaur Mob. +91- 9871488975

Wednesday & Thursdays 02:00 p.m.- 04:00 p.m.Saturdays 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Co-ordinator : Mob. +91-

Mob. +91-

Tuesdays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Co-ordinator : Rashmi Vohra Mob. +91- 9871554777

Beena Singh Mob. +91- 9811682705

Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Co-ordinator : Usha Ohri Mob. +91- 9810366982

Sandhya Gupta Mob. +91- 9818230518

Mondays & Fridays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Coordinator : Kulvinder Lamba Mob. +91- 9811570417

R.R. Mishra Mob. +91- 9821879796

Tuesdays & Fridays 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.Co-ordinator : Sangita Malhotra Mob. +91- 9810016547

Krishna Mehta Mob +91- 9911178654

Fridays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Co-ordinator : Sangita Malhotra Mob. +91- 9810016547

Yogita Singh Mob +91- 8447089117

Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Co-ordinator : Kamna Taneja Mob. +91- 9810152656

Indra Jasuja Mob. +91- 9958804370

Fridays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Co-ordinator : Thrity Cawasji Mob. +91- 9810027913

Kamal Srinivasan Mob. +91-9818486492

Thursdays 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Co-ordinator : Kiran Jaitley Mob. +91-9899273201

Madhu Narain Mob. +91-9810175010

Sudha Ahluwalia Mob. +91-9810093609

IRCH

AIIMS (Fifth Floor Breast Clinic)

Army R&R Hospital

Batra Hospital

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Rohini

B L Kapur Memorial Hospital, Pusa Road

Delhi State Cancer Institute

Medanta The Medicity, Gurugram (Gurgaon)

Artemis Hospital, Gurugram (Gurgaon)

Fortis , Gurgaon

Rekha Gulabani 9810862424Asha Aggarwal 9210751831

Wednesday 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Co-ordinator : J S Ahluwalia Mob. - +91- 9971093609

Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka

Cancer Detection Centre

Cancer Sahyog

Prashanti

No.42, Babar Road, New Delhi.

Tel : 23716941

Email :

“Diagnostic, Healing and Rehab Center”

(An initiative of INDIA CANCER SOCIETY for

LALA DIWAN CHAND TRUST)

11/70, Vikram Vihar, Lajpat Nagar IV,

New Delhi - 110 024

Tel : 011-41729393

Email : icsprashanti@gmail.com

Indian Cancer Society,

B 63-64, Basement, South Extension Part-II,

New Delhi - 110049

Tel : 011- 49424723

cansahyog@gmail.com

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courage and strength while they go through

cancer treatments.

If you are a

cancer survivor

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please

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Our much loved Founder, Mr. K. K. Mehta,

hung up his boots on the 27th March after a

long and illustrious career. Much will be said

about the magnificent edifice he built in the

service of suffering humanity , but not many

know that Mr Mehta’s razor sharp vision first

focussed on the Indian Cancer Society. He

insisted on a professi-onally run institution where Cancer Awareness

and Primary Screening were given the importance they deserved.

He demanded complete transparency in all dealings, leaving no

room for any funny business. Nothing, certainly no ego, stood in the

way of him achieving his dreams. He was the only CEO who demoted

himself regularly, going from being Chairman to Vice Chairman .

At ICS he appointed able deputies and was a living example of his

value systems. It was with great joy that he visited our new offices in

December 2017 and with the greatest pride, we showed him around.

Today we stand in the shadows , praying that all that he stood for, his

humanity and humility, will percolate to each one of us that works

selflessly in ICS.

End of an EraShri K. K. Mehta ( 01.01.1925 - 27.03.2018 )

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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare application. It is a functioning reality in HR corporate policy. It

is key to research & development in accessing mountains of The Future is Now!

already available information data. It is the key to making Why does that Statement Raise Eyebrows? possible many innovations in the future. Can we afford to

ignore it?Healthcare is about

people caring for The Seminar this year seeks to bring together the brightest people. It has always minds, who understand the immense scope & range of been bringing utilization of AI in Healthcare. This is such a vast subject that together Medical we have necessarily had to confine its scope to cancer & to ICS expertise with the area of experience- Screening, Diagnostics ( Radiology) and best of experts Treatment. We have much to learn and so much to actually working in their own apply.& other scientific

I am told- yes, we understand that diagnostic & Treatment areas, especially

have embraced AI. But why dream of its application to technology. Radiology has been at the forefront of using

screening, especially at NGO level by ICS? I was asked the same technology. One of the first Nobel prizes for Medicine went to

question for the years that I mourned the loss of 30 years of Madame Curie at the beginning of the last century. Today the

ICS screening data in hard copy only because we were not able X-ray is considered an integral part of diagnostics, though now,

to afford existing technology of storing data on electronic Medical Practitioners even talk of it being obsolete technology.

records. Imagine what a wealth of data lost that could have They look to more & more complex technologies – MRI, CT

shown changing patterns of onset of cancers, especially of the Scan, etc., where machines do the looking, where earlier

Breast, Cervix and Oral Cavity.doctors had to touch, feel & apply theirs own human

We have now merged 3 years of data, 50000 cases on EMR, intelligence. What is this if not AUGMENTED Intelligence?including X-ray images, PAP test & clinical Breast Examination

Pathology improved with newer technologies, as did data. We have records in oral cavity data. Researchers began

Hematology. Surgery went 'key hole' & then Robotic. Today AI working with us from the first year of capturing it. It is treasure

is part of Operating Rooms of Hospitals in India. The list of waiting for analysis and research. It can perhaps predict trends

Tech advances in Medicines is endless. How could Medicines of cancer in population albeit a small geographical area.

ignore the elephant in the room?Will we understand its value? Will we use it wisely? Time and

Artificial Intelligence has been around for quite a few years the generosity of donors and collaborators will tell.

under various guises & names. As computer technology has - Jyotsna Govil, Vice Chairmanbecome more & more sophisticated, so has its possible

Visit to the Trulife Office in Birmingham on Thursday, 11 July 2018

conducting a breast prosthesis fitting programme in various

hospitals in the UK’s NHS by trained nurses and fitters who

have run it for the last 6-7 years. The NHS ( National Health

Service) provides each patient a new one every year, free of While I was in the UK this summer, a cost and the old one is discarded. They collect these , wash and meeting was organized by Angela Bhandari sanitizer them and are able to send them to us and other who has been sending us silicon prosthesis countries for reuse. Trulife pays freight charges but Indian to ICS for a while now. In the UK, Breast Cancer Society pays for the customs clearance. Beautiful brand Cancer patients are given a free prosthesis new bras are also being sent. They want to send swim wear and every year. The used ones are in perfectly other accessories also, but we need to get round the Customs / good condition and can be reused after Excise department for a wavier of their fees. As of now, we have thorough cleaning and sanitising. The been promised return of GST levied, but this has to be actually project started in a small way by Angela received! sending us a few periodically, and even bringing some over

Many issues were discussed one on one which , hopefully , will herself whenever she visited India. This project has today grown

enable us to extend this remarkable service to other NGOs in much bigger than expected. Consignments now come by

The National Capital Region and other cities. However, at airfreight and ICS clears them in India through customs. ICS

present there is a paucity of funds, which prevents us from provides these prosthesis to patients at Prashanti, our

doing so. Slowly and surely, since we are on the right track, we Healing Cente for a small donation to help us recover the costs

are confident that generous donors will come our way enabling incurred in customs clearance. Silicone prosthesis are very

us to stock the entire range manufactured by Trulife : Bras, expensive in India, so patients are very happy to receive good

swimwear and other accessories.quality ones for a very small amount. - Renuka PrasadAngela has been able to manage this through the good offices

of Helen, the Breast Cancer Manager at Trulife. They have been

20 Benefits of Walking

Survivor’s Day was celebrated as always on the 2nd Saturday of

February, ie on 10th February at Palika Parking, Connaught Place with

help from Mercer who took over a lot of the volunteer duties while also

putting up a flash mob to collect people to take part in the entertain-

ment programme. While the volunteers joined in with real gusto, the

icing on the cake was the ramp walk of breast cancer survivors who

travelled from outside Delhi to be a part of this programme.

Survivor’s Day

QOD = every other dayHow to follow a HS = at bedtimeDoctors Prescription: PRN = as needed(Common PO or "per os"=by mouthAbbreviations)AC =before meals

Rx = TreatmentPC = after meals

Dx = DiagnosisMg = milligrams

q = EveryMcg/ug = micrograms

qd = Every dayG or Gm = grams

qod = Every other day1tsf=Teaspoonful (5 ml)

qh = Every Hour1 TFS = Tablespoonful

SOS = If needed(15mg)

AC = Before Meals

PC = After meals Here are some examples of common medical BID = Twice a Dayterminology with TID = Thrice a Daysuffixes:QID = Four times a day

OD = Once a Day Pain terms end with -algia.

BT = Bed Time Blood terms end in -emia.

hs = Bed Time Inflammation is -itis.

BBF = Before Breakfast A breaking down is -lysis.

BD = Before Dinner Relating to disease is -

TW =Twice a week opathy.

T/W = Thrice a week Breathing terms end with -

SQ = sub cutaneous pnea.

IM =Intra- muscular When you understand ID = Intradermal where common medical IV = Intravenous terminology stems from, QAM = every morning it’s far easier to know

QPM =every night where or what a term refers to.Q4H = every 4 hours

Social MediaICS Delhi has its social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and Local Circles. Facebook is one platform where ICS connect very well with the

audience. All the published content (Images, Videos and Written) are well received by the audience. Posts are shared and queries are made

through the social media medium. ICS has received many dedicated volunteers and interns through social media. Kiosks show ICS Info &

films with animated explanation, & are a great hit. All the engagement and reached out to the audience is only through organic reach.

Artistes against Cancer This annual event was held on 24 March 2018 at the Amphitheatre

India Habitat Centre. The well-known group Chaar Yaar gave a

magical performance. The event was well reported in the media

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What are Antioxidants ? tomatoes, along with a little olive oil are the best sources of

lycopene.Antioxidants are chemicals that fight a process in your cells

Selenium is a mineral that helps your thyroid work. It is found in called oxidation. The main source is plant based foods, though

water and soil and can help protect against lung, colon and some antioxidants are made by our bodies. If you regularly eat a

prostate cancer. Eat plenty of grains, onions, garlic, nuts, soya variety of fresh vegetables and fruits, you will be getting a

beans, seafood, meat and liver. healthy dose of natural antioxidants essential for fighting

Flavonoids . More than 4,000 of these are found in fruits and disease. Some of the common antioxidants are Vitamins C and vegetables in different combinations. They may help protect E, Beta Carotene, Selenium and Manganese. against heart disease, cancer, arthritis, ageing, cataracts, memory

Each antioxidant works differently. Together they form a team loss, strokes, inflammation and infections. To get these important

that fights free radicals. Free radicals are chemicals that cause antioxidants, you could have the following- green tea, grapes,

oxidation and this damages the body’s cells and genetic material red wine, apples, chocolate and berries.

inside them. Your body makes free radicals as it processes food,

sunlight and toxins like smoke, pollution and alcohol.

Antioxidants stop free radicals from harming the body by

breaking them down.

Vitamin E is stored in fat and it fights off free radicals that attack

the fat in the walls of your body cells. It is present in whole

grains, vegetable oils, nuts and green leafy vegetables.

Vitamin C , also known as ascorbic acid, may help prevent

cancers of the stomach, lung and the digestive system. It is

present in green vegetables, tomatoes, oranges and other citrus

fruit.

Beta carotene is a carotenoid which the body turns into retinol.

Retinol is what helps your eyesight. It is best taken from food,

and fruits, grains, carrots, yellow and orange pumpkin, spinach Omega 3 helps to protect against many diseases . It’s most and other green vegetables ar the best sources. important function is to help stop inflammation . Your body

doesn’t produce this essential fatty acid and it is best sourced Lycopene is also a carotenoid which may help in the protection from foods like Salmon, tuna, sardines and walnuts. of prostate, lung and breast cancer. Cooked and processed

The Art of Listening with Empathy lashed out at me unfairly when I was only trying to help.

But the truth is, she didn’t misunderstand me at all. She A good friend of mine lost her dad some years back. I found her

understood what was happening perhaps better than I did. sitting alone on a bench outside our workplace, not moving, just

When she began to share her raw emotions, I felt staring at the horizon. She was absolutely distraught and I didn’t

uncomfortable. I didn’t know what to say, so I defaulted to a know what to say to her. It’s so easy to say the wrong thing to

subject with which I was comfortable: MYSELF. someone who is grieving and vulnerable. So, I started talking

I may have been trying to empathize, at least on a conscious about how I grew up without a father, who died when I was only 9 level, but what I really did was draw focus away from her months old. I just wanted her to realize that she wasn’t alone, that anguish and turn the attention to me. She wanted to talk to me I’d been through something similar and could understand how about her father, to tell me about the kind of man he was, so I she felt. could fully appreciate the magnitude of her loss. Instead, I

But after I related this story, my friend looked at me and asked her to stop for a moment and listen to my story about snapped, “Okay, you win. You never had a dad, and I at least my dad’s tragic death. got to spend 30 years with mine. You had it worse. I guess I

From that day forward, I started to notice how often I shouldn’t be so upset that my dad just died.”

responded to stories of loss and struggle with stories of my I was stunned and mortified. My immediate reaction was to own experiences. What all of these people needed was for me plead my case. “No, no, no,” I said, “that’s not what I’m saying to hear them and acknowledge what they were going through. at all. I just meant that I know how you feel.” And she Instead, I forced them to listen to me and acknowledge me. answered, “No you don’t. You have no idea how I feel.”

Sociologist Charles Derber describes this tendency to insert She walked away and I stood there helplessly, feeling awful. I oneself into a conversation as “conversational narcissism.” It’s had totally failed my friend. I had wanted to comfort her, and the desire to take over a conversation, to do most of the instead, I’d made her feel worse. At that point, I still felt she talking and to turn the focus of the exchange to yourself. It is misunderstood me. I thought she was in a fragile state and had often subtle and unconscious.

These days, I try to be more aware of my need to share stories the phone, and I barely said a word. At the end of our call, she

and talk about myself. I try to ask questions that encourage the said, “Thank you for your advice. You’ve really helped me work

other person to continue. I’ve also made a conscious effort to some things out.” The truth is, I hadn’t actually offered any

listen more and talk less. advice. She didn’t need advice or stories from me. She just

needed to be heard. Recently, I had a long conversation with a friend of mine who This excerpt was edited from We Need to Talk: How to Have was going through a divorce. We spent almost 40 minutes on

Conversations That Matter, by Celeste Headlee.

World No Tobacco Day

was held at Navy

Children’s School,

Chanakyapuri on the

20th April, 2018. 18

Schools adapted Hindi

songs to deliver the No

Tobacco message and 23

schools participated in

the Poster Competition.

World No Tobacco Day 2018

I-Discovery Event Every year I-Discovery school in Gurgaon Sector 46 organizes sales

of drawings and paintings done by their nursery children. The

amount collected is donated to Indian Cancer Society.

International Yoga DayRekha Gulabani & Inderjeet Sethi attended the International

Yoga Day at Palika Kendra on 21 June, 2018. Rekha Gulabani

gave a speech on cure of cancer.

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nts Break Free Again

Once again “Break Free” was held at Medicity, Gurugram. Hosted

by Medanta in collaboration with Google and ICS volunteers, the

event was a resounding success once again. There was music,

games, make overs, laughter therapy and plenty of Fun and

Games. The children’s art corner was a special draw.

ASCOICS Volunteers attended a session on Survivorship at the

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) at Ashoka Hotel on

Sunday, 29 June. A panel discussion by leading oncologist was of

great interest here the vital issues regarding survivorship were

taken up. Mrs. Renuka Prasad spoke about how ICS help Breast

Cancer patients to reintegrate into society through fittings for a

good body form; so vital to women.

Public Lecture and Panel DiscussionVolunteers attended a

Public Lecture & Panel

Discussion on “Cancer pain

is Treatable, No Need to

Live with Pain” on 22 Feb

2018 at Jawaharlal Audito-

rium, AIIMS.

Bliss Foundation InitiativeBliss Foundation launched a unique initiative “Touch Feel and Do

Workshop” - an awareness program for Breast Cancer and

Cervical Cancer on 28 June, 2018 at PHD House.

Rise Against CancerRise Against Cancer was held on 14 August 2018 at the

Delhi Public School Gurgaon Sector 45. Aditi Misra, Principal

DPS and Mrs. Renuka Prasad Hon. Secretary along with ICS

Volunteers released colorful balloons to inaugurate the

occasion. Cyclothon, Painting and Debate Competition were

part of the activity. A session on Breast & Cervical was

conducted by Sunita Gupta for safai karamchari (females).

Preventive Screening activity was happening simultaneously.

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Second HIA Meeting Tobacco Control ConferenceThe Second HIA Regional Consultation—Northern Region held on Priya Parmar attended the Tobacco Control Program held from 5 28 August, 2018. All the facilitators and speakers discussed the to 10 August, 2018 at Goa. The purpose of the Conference was to ground level problems faced by Patient Living with Non Enhance Leadership Skills to effect Policy Development and Communicable Diseases. The major points were then included in Implementation.the advocacy Agenda—Northern Region.

ICS Picnic at Lodhi Garden Holi Celebration at Prashanti

Mrs. Jyotsna Govil participa-

ted as one of the speakers at

the Panel discussion on

Patient Safety in Achieving

Universal Health care on 11

July 2018.

Panel Discussion on Patient Safety

Mathura ProjectWe proudly share

with you that

Rekha Gulabani,

Atul Kumar, R R

Mishra and Nikita

Soni made a due

diligence visit to

Nayati Medicity,

and were able to

make meaningful

local connects. This will help us to carry out screening

projects in the Mathura region

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l Workshop on Metastatic Breast Cancer was held on

11th April, 2018 at Army Hospital Research & Referral.

l Workshop for Jagriti speakers was held on 8th May,

2018 at the ICS Office.

l

l Dissemination Workshop on 22nd May, 2018 -

Sharing of Project, “ALL OF ME” Phase I findings. Key

stakeholders from the specific workplaces and Johns

Hopkins representatives were invited to attend the

workshop. ICS Volunteers and Directors also joined

and attended the workshop.

Workshop on “Association of Adolescent and

Child Care in India” by Dr. Latika and Dr. Sunita at

ICS Office.

Role Play WorkshopIn May, an interactive

sesssion between Dr. Vaid

and volunteers was

conducted at Medicity where

volunteers clarified often

asked questions by the patients. Before that a role play

session was conducted with the help of Medanta

psychologist, Sreekala Nair

ICS Presence in the Delhi State Cancer Institute

patients and caregivers. They also take on the essential task of

creating awareness about the disease by giving group talks.

ICS also provides free medical bras and prosthesis to patients

who have undergone mastectomy, along with information on Time flies quickly, and a year of a symbiotic relationship between special diets and exercises for prevention of lymphoedema. the Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) and the Indian Cancer Additionally, if the dietician recommends, we offer a free Society ( ICS) has been completed. As ICS Volunteers, our primary nutritional supplement , PediaSure , to children. job is to contribute to the emotional well-being of patients , but

this would not have been possible without the assistance and At present we are still learning how to handle the very large support of the DSCI. As of now, our ICS volunteers have volumes of patients visiting DSCI . We try to talk to as many established a very happy rapport with the entire team of doctors patients as we can, individually and in groups , and our results so and staff and they have guided us every step of the way. This far have been very encouraging. We will soon be extending our conducive atmosphere has enabled us to do our job satisfactorily. emotional support and other services to paediatric patients as

well and hope that with the success of this initiative, the fields in DSCI is an autonomous body under the Govt of NCD Delhi State which ICS ventures, will eventually become all encompassing. with a mission to impart affordable care to Cancer patients. The

Director, Dr RK Grover, has always aimed at innovative measures The respect and patronage received from DSCI has allowed us to to make the Hospital welcoming and comfortable. The Hospital believe that ICS has the ability to take on this challenge treats more than 1000 patients every day, and a team of successfully. dedicated ICS volunteers provide emotional support to the

- Sangita Malhotra

CondolencesGuddi Noharia,

wife of Mr. Kewal NohriaChairman,

Indian Cancer Society

Long time volunteer and mentor

Sheba Talukdar

Sheila Nair’s Visit to ICS Delhi

Dr Sajanthi Velu, South Asia Team Lead &

Miss Uttara Bharath Kumar along with their

team from Johns Hopkins-Centre for

Communication Programs visited Indian

Cancer Society office to get an overview of

the “All of Me” Project.

Sajanthi Venu’s Visit to ICS Delhi

l Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd l External Affairs Spouses l Google

Association Charitable Trustl Cipla Foundation l American Cancer

l Max India Foundationl Garden Reach Shipbuilders Society

& Engineers Limited l Lumax Charitable l PepsiFoundationl Apollo Tyres Foudation l Sucheta Govil &

l Housing Development Cor-l Mercer Consuting (India) Vivek Govilporation LimitedPrivate Limited l Medanta The Medicity

l Exide Life Insurance Company l Novarties Healthcare Pvt. l Fuji Film India Pvt. Ltd.LimitedLtd

l Letz Dream Foundationl Essel Social Welfare Foun-

l Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminall Frontier Biscuitdation

Dates to Remember

Emotional Support : 4958 patients

Child Nutrition : 35 Children

No. of Patients Adopted : 64

Cancer Screening: 6112 persons

Mammography : 270 patients

Awareness Talks : 82

Talks are held on FM Gold on every

Friday between 1.10 to 1.25 pm.

In the last 6 months, we talked

about What is Cancer, Cancer

Survivors, Head & Neck Cancer, Childhood

Cancer, NCD & Tobacco, Breast Cancer,

Tobacco Cancer, Preventive Oncology, Colon

Cancer, Cervical Cancer and Lymphodema

Annual Seminar : 23rd September

Survivors’ Day : 9th February 2019

Dr. Hilde, Team Leader Health System &

Chandrakant Lahariya, National Professi-

onal Officer, WHO visited Detection Centre

and ICS office on 7 August, 2018.

WHO Visit to ICS Delhi