November 29, 2021: Amrapali Group of Institutes, Haldwani, Uttarakhand: Interactive scientific awareness session on Breast Cancer & also highlighting on the other prevalent cancers with the students & faculty. On behalf of Breast Cancer Hub, we distributed the Breast Self Exam Cards in Hindi & English and the BCH Brochures with the QR code of Breast Self Exam cards in 24 languages & also QR code of Early detection Cards for other prevalent cancers, to download & share in the network with BCH contact information, so that any suspicious case can reach out to us if need any further guidance, support & counseling & we can navigate in the right direction, help detect & treat early as early detection is the key to saving lives.
Immensely thankful to Dr Geetika Gupta, BCH Research Scholar from Nainital, for connecting me to Asha Sharma and grateful to Mrs Sharma and the Asha Foundation team for the collaboration. Sincerely appreciate the efforts of Amrapali institute's Administration, Faculties & the Students for the flawless execution of the event.

Thank you Kanchan Bhaya, from my family, for sponsoring the Train tickets from Delhi to Kathgodam and thank you Asha ji & Dr Geetika for helping with the logistics after reaching Uttarakhand.

With gratitude,
Dr Lopamudra Das Roy,
www.breastcancerhub.org
#TogetherWeSaveLives
All our services are free of cost & all donations strictly driven towards our mission.

28th Nov, 2021, Hallo Majra, Chandigarh, Transgender community: I was so touched & honored to meet Dhananjay ji & the Saksham team and conduct the session on Breast Cancer, related to early detection & prevention and various factors affecting the cancer scenario in the transgender population. Dhananjay ji’s exclusive interview left a mark in my thoughts & heart & will do everything possible to bring acceptance in the healthcare system & bring justice to the transgender community. Will be sharing the eye opening , motivational & heart piercing interview soon. I am so grateful to Anubha Gupta for connecting me to Dhananjay ji, Shane Bakshi, & the Aashray team, & for your collaboration to execute the mission. My heartfelt gratitude to Dhananjay ji’s team & the Saksham trust for sharing your stories & the invaluable interactions. The Trans community were not aware of the Breast Cancer screening, and also about the symptoms of Breast Cancer and other cancers that can be risk factors with the hormonal treatments. We had discussions on the financial constraints, soceital stigma, lack of awareness and negligence from the healthcare system, the Tans community faces.

Thank you Shane Bakshi & the Aashray team, and it was so great meeting you, Anubha & the wonderful team - Ishita Sahni, Chetan Bawa, Deepika Gupta, Deepika Prashar, Manvi Bhargav, Katneet Kaur and Dr Mann. Keep up your amazing work & so touched with the warmth and affection of the Aashray and the Saksham team & looking forward to our continued work together.

I wanted to also take a moment to thank Kanchan Bhaya, my family, who contributed towards my train tickets from Delhi to Chandigarh.

With gratitude & thanks to each of you,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of the Breast Cancer Hub Family

www.breastcancerhub.org

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of the BCH Family

www.breastcancerhub.org

November 24th, 2021, Dharamkhal Village, Cachar, Assam: Bringing the Villagers, ASHA workers, Anganwadi workers together, to carry the concepts of Early detection & prevention of Cancer & our anti-tobacco campaign forward like a ripple effect, in the Dharamkhal village, one of the 11 Breast Cancer Hub adopted villages in Cachar, Assam, India, BCH is serving since February 2020, for door to door Cancer screening-awareness, Diagnosis, Treatment Management and Counselling. We monitor & manage each suspicious case individually, case by case. We take the suspicious cases to Cachar Cancer Hospital, or Silchar Medical College, for further screening, diagnosis and treatment. The hospitals provide treatment at the subsidized rates under the government aided scheme. BCH covers all the other expenses, starting from transport, purchasing medicines, diagnostic tests, that are needed outside the hospitals premises not covered under the government schemes. BCH team assists the patients from taking them to the hospital, helping with income certificate, AAA card, hospital registration, to patient communication with the doctor, accompanying them in the full diagnosis process, buying necessary medicines, dropping them home with follow-ups & counselling. 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 of each case, helping them from beginning to end.

The villagers are daily wage earners living a hand-to-mouth existence without any saving. On many occasions, there is no person in the family to accompany the patient to the hospital, eventually delays or skipping treatment. We take accountability of each patient, case by case.

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

THE BCH TEAM MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Sanalembi Devi , Sapna Pashi, Ranjita Singha ,

Sarita Singha & Dr Lopamudra Das Roy (Principal Investigator)

Mimila Chanu (03/2020-08/2020),

Langlen Singha 09/2020-02/2021),

Uma Nunia (07/2020),

S Nilkamal Singha (09/2020),

Pallabi Patro (12/2020 – 02/2021)

#TogetherWeSaveLives

www.breastcancerhub.org

All our services are free of cost and all donations driven towards our mission

November 23rd, 2021: Interactions and reinforcing the Early detection & prevention of Cancer with the patients BCH served since 2020 in the Hatikhal village, one of the 11 BCH adopted villages in in Cachar, Assam, India, since February 2020, for door to door Cancer screening-awareness, Diagnosis, Treatment Management and Counselling. We monitor & manage each suspicious case individually, case by case. We take the suspicious cases to Cachar Cancer Hospital, or Silchar Medical College, for further screening, diagnosis and treatment. The hospitals provide treatment at the subsidized rates under the government aided scheme. BCH covers all the other expenses, starting from transport, purchasing medicines, diagnostic tests, that are needed outside the hospitals premises not covered under the government schemes. BCH team assists the patients from taking them to the hospital, helping with income certificate, AAA card, hospital registration, to patient communication with the doctor, accompanying them in the full diagnosis process, buying necessary medicines, dropping them home with follow-ups & counselling. 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 of each case, helping them from beginning to end.

The villagers are daily wage earners living a hand-to-mouth existence without any saving. On many occasions, there is no person in the family to accompany the patient to the hospital, eventually delays or skipping treatment. We take accountability of each patient, case by case.

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

THE BCH TEAM MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Sanalembi Devi , Sapna Pashi Ranjita Singha ,

Sarita Singha & Dr Lopamudra Das Roy (Principal Investigator)

Mimila Chanu (03/2020-08/2020),

Langlen Singha 09/2020-02/2021),

Uma Nunia (07/2020),

S Nilkamal Singha (09/2020),

Pallabi Patro (12/2020 – 02/2021)

#TogetherWeSaveLives

www.breastcancerhub.org

November 20, 2021, Sharda University, Greater Noida: Deeply humbled to be invited by Prof. Vinod Joshi, Dr Abhilasha Singh, Dr Sunita Sharma, Dr. Bennet Angel, Dr Annette Angel and the organizing committee to speak on the current Cancer scenario & also for Research Collaboration. Heartfelt gratitude to Dr Sunita Sharma for introducing Prof Joshi to me in January 2021 & our follow up research discussions. It was my honor to present and meet the esteemed Faculty members and students and interacting with the Ph.D candidates and learning about their amazing work. I am so touched by your warmth and affection, thank you from the core of my heart.

On another note, for my India outreach, I sincerely wanted to thank Sandeep Roy for my India flights till my hometown & to Julie Daugherty (BCH Board member) for covering my domestic India travel expenses with her donations driven for this purpose. A huge thank you to Kanchan Bhaya, Giva Roy and Subir Roy for the Delhi accommodation.. Couldn’t have managed without your support.

Gratitude,

#TogetherWeSaveLives

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of the Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) family

www.breastcancerhub.org

Breast Cancer Hub Covid-19 Response, Global, USA, INDIA - 2020, 2021.

1. BCH Global Virtual Seminar - Covid - 19 & Cancer

2. BCH USA:1545 Homemade Masks made under strict BCH guidelines with new unused 100% cotton fabric, filter pockets. Donated to 26 organizations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Chicago in April 2020, during lockdown extreme mask crisis period.

3. BCH INDIA: A. Food relief to 674 Families (4289 villagers, starving, in need). We go to each household, database maintained with follow-ups.

B. BCH executed Covid-19 Awareness, Education, Mask and Sanitizer distribution. C. In addition we generated a Comprehensive list of Covid-19 Treatment Infrastructure Resources for India during 2nd Wave.

We thank everyone who stepped up to help us execute the Covid-19 projects.

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, on behalf of BCH Family

www.breastcancerhub.org