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Biocon Foundation Holds Free Cancer Screening Camps for Vidhana Soudha Women Employees

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BANGALORE: Biocon Foundation, the CSR arm of Asia’s premier bio-pharmaceuticals company, Biocon, joined hands with the Karnataka Government to hold screening camps at the Vidhana Soudha for early detection of Cervical and Breast cancer as a part of its drive against cancer, aimed at sensitizing women on the need of early detection of this disease which can enable early treatment and better outcomes.

Dr Suchitra Bajaj of Biocon Foundation led the initiative of organizing this health camp, held at Vidhana Soudha on Jan 16 and 17, 2017, where over 150 government women employees were screened with support from medical teams from Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre and Narayana Health (NH). Biocon Foundation has been holding screening drive for early detection of Cervical, Oral and Breast cancer as a part of its healthcare initiative across various districts in Karnataka.

An expert medical team conducted ‘Pap smear’ test for cervical detection and iBE (Intelligent Breast Exam) for breast health examination, followed by a ‘Mammogram’ test for relevant women conducted at the mobile mammogram unit of NH. The two day screening drive is a part of Biocon Foundation’s sensitization program aimed at creating much needed awareness on the significance of early detection of cancer among women personnel.

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Talking about the initiative, KB Koliwad, Honorable Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly opined, “I am extremely grateful to Biocon Foundation for rendering diagnostic screening services to women at Vidhana Soudha. This initiative by Foundation has certainly created awareness about lifestyle changes to be adopted by women to lead a healthy life. We need active participation of more NGOs and corporates to come forward and actively engage in providing preventive healthcare services. I extend my best wishes to the Foundation for providing similar services to more underprivileged sections of the society.

MURTHY, Secretary, Karnataka Legislative Assembly said, I gratefully acknowledge the invaluable service rendered by these two foundations by carrying out critical cancer screening test for women employees of Karnataka Legislative Assembly.”

Rani Desai, Head of Biocon Foundation said, “We have seen that a delay in diagnosis due to lack of awareness and social barriers leads to the advancement of disease such as Cervical and Breast cancer in women. At the Foundation we have been addressing this issue through our screening camps. We are glad to conduct this screening camp for Vidhana Soudha women employees. It is heartening to see a large no. of them undergo the screenings. Biocon Foundation has conducted more than 100 cancer screening camps for the underserved communities, so far. More than 30,000 people across Karnataka, Rajasthan and Nagaland, have undergone screenings at these camps for Oral/Cervical/ Breast cancer.”

Vinisha Nero, MLA AND Chairman of Women and Children Sub Committee stated, “Women’s health is of prime importance to a family, a community, a state and Country. We intend to expand this kind of initiative with the support of Biocon Foundation and aim to eliminate the stigma encircled around this disease due to lack of awareness. Early detection and preventive care is the only way this killer disease can be controlled to a great extent.”

A delegation led by Vinisha Nero, Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly; Shashikala Bhat, Joint Secretary, Karnataka Legislative Assembly Secretariat and Murthy, Secretary, Karnataka Legislative Assembly Secretariat facilitated the screening camp in Vidhana Soudha for their women employees.

In India, Cervical Cancer ranks as the 2nd most frequent cancer among women. With the highest global burden of Cervical Cancer in India, the need is to expand the quality screening coverage across the country to save women suffering from the disease. As per NFHS 4(2015-16), only 13.7% of the urban women and 17% of the rural women have undergone cervical examination in Karnataka. According to the National Cancer Registry Data, 92,731 cases of cervical cancer were reported in India in 2013, a figure that is projected to go up to 1, 00,479 in 2020.

India is experiencing an unprecedented rise in the number of breast cancer cases across all sections of the society. It is the most common cancer among women in India. In 2015, an estimated 1, 55,000 new cases of breast cancer were detected and about 76,000 women are expected to die of the disease, as per WHO.

Biocon Foundation has been making an enduring impact in enabling social and economic inclusion through its health, education and community development programs, for over a decade now. It has created a smart Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) model that is viable and scalable.


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Tags: Biocon FoundationCorporate Social ResponsibilityCSR Biocon LimitedCSR in IndiaCSR in KarnatakaDr Suchitra BajajMazumdar Shaw Cancer CentreRani Desai
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