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KOTTAYAM KERALA

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 31ST MAY, 2014

ON THE OCCASION OF “World No Tobacco Day”, KERALA TEAM OF

GLOBAL CANCER CONCERN INDIA HEADED BY MS. MANJU SUJITH, GENERAL MANAGER ORGANISED AWARENESS PROGRAMMES AT

THRIKODITHANAM AND AT PAIPADU JUNCTION TO ORIENT THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC TOWARDS THE HARM CAUSED BY TOBACCO AS IT HAS

LINKAGE WITH CANCER. THE MEDICAL AND POLICE AUTHORITIES PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAMMES.

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY KOTTAYAM

CHANDIGARH

WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 31ST MAY, 2014

GLOBAL CANCER CONCERN INDIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT OF CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION RELEASED AN ANTI-TOBACCO POSTER ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY ON MAY 31STMAY, 2014. SHRI ANIL KUMAR, HEALTH SECRETARY WAS THE CHIEF GUEST AND LT.GEN. (RETD.) PPS BHANDAR,I TRUSTEE,GCCI WAS THE GUEST OF HONOUR. WITH THE COOPERATION OF HEALTH,TRANSPORT AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS,1000 POSTERS WERE PASTED IN THE BUSES, HOSPTALS, DISPENSARIES AND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE CITY TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE.VOLUNTEERS OF DEPTT. OF SOCIAL WORK,PUNJAB UNIVERSITY ALSO EXTENDED THEIR SUPPORT.MR. VINEET MARWAH, DY. DIRECTOR, GCCI AT CHANDIGARH ORCHESTRATED THE WHOLE PROGRAMME.

DELHI FREE GERIATRIC CANCER CARE FACILITY

BY GLOBAL CANCER CONCERN INDIA

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GERIATRIC CARE, RESEARCH & TRAINING CENTRE

, PITAMPURA, NEW DELHI INAUGURATED ON 4TH MAY, 2014

GERIATRIC RESEARCH &TRAINING CENTRE (GRTC) HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE JOINT EFFORTS OF SOCIETY FOR ACTION IN COMMUNITY HEALTH (SACH) AND HELPAGE INDIA TO PROVIDE MULTI-SPECIALITY HEALTH-CARE TO THE ELDERLY AT NOMINAL COST. GLOBAL CANCER CONCERN INDIA HAS ESTABLISHED A FREE CANCER CARE FACILITY FOR THE ELDELY AT GRTC BY SIGNING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH SACH.THE CENTR WAS INAUGURATED ON 4

TH MAY, 2014. Dr.

HARVINDER SINGH BAKSHI,CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF GLOBAL CANCER CONCERN INDIA ADDRESED THE GATHERING IN THE INAUGURAL PROGRAM AND INFORMED THEM ABOUT GCCI’S WORK IN THE COUNTRY. A MEGA HEALTH CAMP WAS ORGANISED ON THIS OCCASION OF INAUGURATION IN WHICH GCCI’S CANCER CARE TEAM PARTICIPATED.

DR. HARVINDER SINGH BAKSHI, CEO OF GCCI (LEFT) AND MR.K.P.RAJENDRAN, CEO OF SACH (RIGHT) SIGNING THE

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

DELHI WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY 15 TH JUNE 2014

ADVOCACY FOR A SPECIAL POLICY FOR THE ELDERLY

CANCER PATIENTS

WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY (WEAAD) WHICH WAS LAUNCHED BY WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (W.H.O) ON 15TH JUNE, 2006 SERVES AS A CALL TO ACTION FOR INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION. ELDERLY CONSTITUTE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF CANCER PATIENTS. THERE IS A GLARING NEED FOR A SPECIAL POLICY FOR THE ELDERLY CANCER PATIENTS SPECIALLY THOSE BELONGING TO DISADVANTAGED SECTION. GLOBAL CANCER CONCERN INDIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH COUNCIL OF SENIOR CITIZENS OF EAST DELHI ORGANISED A RALLY TO OBSERVE WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY ON 15TH JUNE, 2014. ABOUT 300 SENIOR CITIZENS AND OTHERS WITH BANNERS AND PLACARDS MARCHED ON MAIN VIKAS MARG IN EAST DELHI FROM PREET VIHAR TO DISTRICT CENTRE COVERING ABOUT 2 KM. THE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS SENIOR CITIZEN ASSOCIATIONS/ RWAs AND PROMINENT CITIZENS. GLOBAL CANCER CONCERN INDIA’S TEAM WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED DR. HARVINDER SINGH BAKSHI, CEO, DR. SAMPURNA BEHURA, DIRECTOR PROGRAMME, MR. SAHNI, SR. MANAGER PROGRAMME AND MR. MANOJ KUMAR, EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION. THE MARCH CULMINATED AT PURVANCHAL SANSKRITI KENDRA AT DISTRICT CENTRE (EAST) WHERE THE PARTICIPANTS LIT CANDLES. MR.SARDARILAL, PRESIDENT OF SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF EAST DELHI, DR. BAKSHI, CEO OF GCCI AND OTHER PROMINENT PERSONS HIGHLIGHTED THE RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS OF THE ELDERLY INCLUDING THE NEED FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMMES FOR GERIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS.

VARISHTH NAGRIK AWAZ, A NEWS PAPER DEDICATED TO THE CAUSE OF THE ELDELY IN THE COUNTRY ORGANISED A FUNCTION AT HINDI BHAWAN ON IST JUNE, 2014. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO SENSITISE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE REGARDING THE PROBLEMS OF ELDERLY, DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION PERTAINING TO HEALTH INCLUDING CANCER AND RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS OF THE ELDERLY. SPEAKING ON THIS OCCSION, DR. HARVINDER SINGH BAKSHI, CEO OF GCCI INFORMED THE AUDIENCE ABOUT THR PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES BEING DONE BY THE ORGANISATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY.HE STESSEDTHE NEED OF EARLY CANCER SCREENING AMONG ELDERLY POPULATION. HE INTRODUCED MR. GANESH BHATT, SR.GM –PROGRAM OF GCCI BY INVITING HIM ON THE STAGE.MR. BHATT INTERACTED WITH THE AUDIENCE AND ANSWERED THE QUERIES.VARISHTH NAGRIK AWAZ PATRIKA PARIVAR, ON THIS OCCASION, HONOURED THE FOLLOWING PERSONS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY:

DR.S Y QURESHI, FORMER CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER DR.VED PRATAP VEDIK, EMINENT JOUNALIST &POLITICAL THINKER DR.HARVINDER SINGH BAKSHI, CEO, GLOBAL CANCER CONCERN INDIA PADAMSHRI DR.AK AGGRAWAL, CHAIRMAN, HEART CARE FOUNDATION DR.AMAR NATH AMAR, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DOORDARSHAN KENDRA DR.(PROF.) A M PURI,DIRECTOR &HOD, G.B PANT HOSPITAL,NEW DELHI DR, ANIL ARORA, JOINT REPLACEMENT SPECIALIST DR.KAMAL B KAPOOR, EYE SPECIALIST, DIRECTOR, SHARP SIGHT CENTRE

DELHI GCCI’S CEO HONOURED

DR.HARVINDER SINGH BAKSHI, CEO, GCCI BEING HONOURED

GURGAON

RURAL CANCER SCREENING CENTRE ESTABLISHED

KEEPING IN VIEW THE PROBLEMS OF THE VILLAGERS PARTICULARLY THE WOMEN IN ACCESSING THE CANCER SCREENING FACILITIES, GLOBAL

CANCER CONCERN INDIA HAS ESTABLISHED A PRIMARY HEALTHCARE & CANCER SCREENING CENTRE AT TEEN MURTI HANUMAN MANDIR

SITUATED NEAR TOLL-PLAZA ON GURGAON-FARIDABAD HIGHWAY IN VILLAGE BANDHWARI IN GURGAON WITH THE OBJECTIVEOF PROVIDING FREE CANCER CARETO THE RESIDENTS OF NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES LIKE

BANDHWARI, BALIAWAS, GWAL PAHARI, DERA ,MANDI AND OTHER AREAS IN GURGAON, DELHI AND FARIDABAD. THE CENTRE WAS INAUGURATED ON 19TH JUNE, 2014 BY MRS. INDERJIT PANNU,

PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL CANCER CONCERN INDIA IN THE PRESENCE OF PROMINENT PEOPLE OF THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES.

GURGAON

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND CANCER SCREENING

CENTRE, SECTOR-49, GURGAON

GCCI HAS BEEN RUNNING A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AND CANCER SCREENING CENTRE LOCATED IN SECTOR 49 OF GURGAON SINCE 2008 TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES AND URBAN LOCALITIES

WITH FOCUS ON UNDERPRIVELEGED.THE CENTRE HAS A TEAM OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED DOCTORS AND PARAMEDICAL STAFF. ABOUT 100 TO 120

PATIENTS ARE BENEFITTED THROUGH THE CENTRE DAILY. THE CENTRE EXTENDS THE FACILITIES OF FREE MEDICINES, X-RAY, ULTRASOUND,

PATHOLOGICAL TESTS, 8 BEDDED DAYCARE CENTRE ETC.

MUMBAI AWARENESS SCREENING CAMP

NOIDA AWARENESS CAMP AT ROTARY CLUB

LUDHIANA WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

PATHANKOT WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

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