On behalf of the Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) team, I am extremely thankful to Dr. Bondana Das, Dr. Aditi Chakraborty, Dr. Ahimik Biswas, Mrs. Nabarupa Roy, and all the members, Silchar Medical College and Assam Cancer Care Foundation, for supporting the suspicious cases (mostly cervical, and breast cancer in addition to other cancers) we bring in for Cancer screening and treatment management from the Breast Cancer Hub adopted villages in Cachar, Assam. Thank you so much for your help and guidance. Thank you Sanalembi Devi (Project coordinator, BCH adopted villages in Cachar, Assam) and Ranjita Singha (BCH Field staff) for accompanying me with your time.
A brief about Breast Cancer Hub's project in the villages BCH adopted: Breast Cancer Hub adopted 11 villages in Cachar, Assam, India, since February 2020, for door-to-door Cancer screening-awareness, Diagnosis, Treatment Management Aid and Counselling. We go to each house, generating awareness, teaching Breast Self-Exam, Self-Oral Screening, discussing signs & symptoms of all other cancers, and providing BCH Early detection cards (All Cancers) for each family. From no awareness, now each & every family has become aware of symptoms of Cancers after our penetration. We monitor & manage each suspicious case individually, case by case. We take the suspicious cases to Cachar Cancer Hospital (CCH), or Silchar Medical College (SMC), for further screening, diagnosis, and treatment and we are thankful to SMC & CCH for their support. The hospitals provide treatment at subsidized rates under the government-aided schemes but the remaining treatment expenses, BCH covers. The villagers are daily wage earners living a hand-to-mouth existence without any savings. On many occasions, there is no person in the family to accompany the patient to the hospital, eventually delaying or skipping treatment. BCH team takes care end to end, from providing transport, to purchasing medicines, and diagnostic tests, which are not covered under the government schemes. BCH team assists the patients by taking them to the hospital, helping with income certificates, AAA cards, hospital registration, patient communication with the doctor, accompanying them in the full diagnosis process, buying necessary medicines, and dropping them home with follow-ups & counseling. BCH provides treatment aid to the poor and needy and before giving the Aid, our project Coordinator Sanalembi Devi conducts background verification of the economic status of the family of the patient. We take accountability for each case, helping them from beginning to end. The 11 Villages BCH adopted since February 2020: Sundari Part-I, Sundari Part-II, Sundari Part-III, Sundari Part-IV, Boali (Boalihaor), Sentcatherine, Bhorakhai, Bidruhipar, Bhaurikandi-I, Bhaurikandi-II, Dharamkhal
With heartfelt gratitude,
Dr Lopamudra Das Roy on behalf of our team working in the BCH adopted villages in Cachar: Sanalembi Devi, Sapna Pashi, Ranjita Singha, Sangita Bagdi, Langlen Singha, Sarita Singha
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