World Cancer Day : An opportunity to spread the word & save precious lives With AMRI Hospitals
5 Dariya News
Kolkata 04-Feb-2020
World Cancer Day is celebrated on 4th February every year. It plays an important role inspreading awareness and encouraging people to go for cancer screening and early treatment to prevent the risk. The day is observed to unite everyone in the fight against cancer by sending a strong message to the masses about the threat of this deadly disease.
Cancer is one of the fatal diseases claiming several lives across the world. Breast cancer, cervical cancer, head & neck cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, etc, are some of the common types of cancer in our country. According to the statistics, around 9.6 million people die due to this disease each year across the world. It is more fatal than many diseases, such as HIV/Aids, malaria, Tuberculosis, etc.
Cancer deaths are expected to rise to around 13 million by 2030, if no action is taken.Thus, it becomes imperative for health care providers to support this cause around the world.
At this juncture, one of the leading healthcare services provider in Eastern India, AMRI Hospital, best oncology hospital in Kolkata is playing its part to spread the word. The hospital has launched online and offline campaigns to educate the people about the danger of cancer. As a part of the awareness campaign, AMRI Hospital is using social mediato help people get a proper understanding of cancer and avoid misinformation, which can prove to be fatal for a person suffering from this medical condition.
On the other hand, regular health camps launched by AMRI are also focused on working towards a cancer-free society by preventing the problem or ensuring early detection through cancer screening.This is not the first time that AMRI Hospital Ltd has launched an awareness campaign to combat the challenges posed by a deadly disease. The premiere healthcare provider in Eastern India is known for launching such campaigns on important days throughout the year.
AMRI Hospital Dhakuria is also hosting interactive sessions around cancer awareness with renowned doctors from AMRI making them selves available to educate the people every Saturday from 11-12 pm throughout the month of February.
However, the need of the hour is to launch such initiatives throughout the world. The healthcare providers, authorities and masses need to play their part in eliminating or at least reducing the impact of cancer around the world.
Word Cancer Day is the right opportunity to launch such campaigns to not only help the masses in obtaining vital information about various diseases, but also help in breaking the myths about them to save precious lives.