Cancer Screening Camp in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu

April 3 & 4, 2024: Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu: Cancer Screening Camp for the villages Athupakkam, Appavaram, Mangavaram, Vazhuthalambedu, Thervazhi in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, on behalf of Breast Cancer Hub (BCH). I performed a Clinical Breast Exam for each woman, we also explained the Breast self-exam through the prototype breast model and making the villagers examine the model themselves so that it becomes easier to identify lumps while they examine their breasts at home. We also gave each family a Breast Self Exam Card for Her and Him in Tamil language made by BCH, as we explained to each woman, how to understand the look and feel of the breast to detect any abnormality. I am extremely grateful to Dr. Dhanasekharan for helping us connect with Dr. Muralidharan and the doctors of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH): Dr. Satheesh Kumar (Medical Oncology) and Dr. T.N Vijayasri (Radiation Oncology) in Chennai, so that we can navigate our patients. We are so thankful to Dr Sindhu and her father Mr. G.K Balakrishnan for providing us with the space “Sri Kasthuri Amma Clinic” for our Screening Camp. My heartfelt thanks to Dr Muralidharan and Dr. Sindhu for helping me in attending the patients during the camp as we discussed all the previously diagnosed cancer cases and the new suspicious cases about the next steps. My WhatsApp number was given to everyone who needed it so that any suspicious case could reach out to me in the future, and also patients will communicate with Mr. Gopinath and Dr. Sindhu in Tamil language, who will further reach out to me to bridge the communication from Tamil to English.

The screening camp and its execution wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Krishnan and her kind humble family, Mr.A Krishnan, Mr. K. Srinivasan, Mr. K. Gopinath, Mrs. S.Hemavathy, Mrs. G. Rajalakshmi, Mrs. S. Jayanthi. I have no words to express my gratitude for their help in the full process. My thanks to Mr. A. Krishnan and his family, for accommodating me in their loving home filled with so much warmth and care, will cherish the memories forever. Thank you, Mr. Gopinath, for helping with logistics from Chennai to the villages in Thiruvallur district.

Thank you, Sandeep Roy (my husband) for sponsoring my travel to India. Thank you Ms.Julie Daugherty for sponsoring my travel to Chennai from Mangalore.

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With heartfelt gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of BCH family

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