WALK for Cancer Awareness & Anti-Tobacco Campaign, Dr. Chandra Sekhar Das Memorial Award, BCH Bravest Hero Award

Please join hands & WALK TOGETHER in support of Cancer Awareness, Cancer Fighters, Families lost to Cancer & ANTI-TOBACCO CAMPAIGN. if you are in Silchar, Assam on June 11, 2023. Here's the online signup (FREE EVENT: Deadline to signup 3rd June):: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/silcharassam

On �behalf of our Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Family, it is our honor to invite you, your family, your organization, on June 11, Sunday (9:30 AM - 12:30 PM), at Gandhi Bhawan, Silchar, Assam. Please join hands to support the cause by "Walking Together for Cancer Awareness, Cancer Fighters, Families Lost to Cancer & Anti-Tobacco Campaign". During the event, we are also hosting the ceremony of Dr. Chandra Sekhar Das Memorial Award, and honoring Dr. Ravi Kannan and Dr Kumar Kanti Das (Dr. Lakshman Das). We are also bestowing the BCH-Bravest Hero Award to our inspiring Cancer fighters and to the Lives taken by Cancer (Attached Flyer announces the names of our Heroes)

our kind presence and support will help make a difference in the community.

#TogetherWeSaveLives

AGENDA (FREE EVENT)

A) 9:30 AM: Registration (in-person), Collect BCH Badge, Gift Souvenir Tokens, & Cancer - Educational informational materials.

B) 10 AM - 11:30 AM (Award-Honor Ceremony)

1) Dr Chandra Sekhar Das Memorial Award 2023: Dr Ravi Kannan & Dr Kumar Kanti Das.

2) BCH - The Bravest Hero Award (Cancer Thrivers & Lives we lost to Cancer)

C) 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Walk Together to Support Cancer Awareness, Cancer Fighters, Families Lost to Cancer & Anti-Tobacco campaign).

Route: Starting @Gandhi Bhawan-Central Road-Shillong Patty-Park Road, ending @Gandhi Bhawan

D) 12:30 PM - Certificate of Achievement for Participants, with Light Refreshments. Dress Code: Pi�nk, Blue or Purple-Support Breast Cancer & All Cancers-All Genders.

With gratitude and kind request,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% BCH services are free of cost, and All donations driven toward our mission.

#TogetherWeSaveLives #BreakTheBreastTaboo #BreakTheCancerTaboo #KnowYourBody

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BCH adopted villages - nadia district (kumarI and huda village), WB - monthly team meetings with due diligence for updates and progress

Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Adopted Kumari village (an extremely interior, the India-Bangladesh border) and Huda Village (a tribal-dominated ) in Nadia District, WB, India, for door-to-door Cancer screening-awareness, Diagnosis, Treatment Management Aid and Counselling, taking care end-to-end after a series of groundwork in the area. After conducting the community outreaches and creating the teams in August 2022 during my in-person fieldwork in the areas, as follow-ups, I am executing the overall supervision with close monitoring through WhatsApp calls & team zoom meetings. Our BCH field workers are Rimpa Biswas, Sima Basak, Ratna Basak, who are local residents of Kumari & Huda village. The overall Nadia project is under the supervision of Akhaya Mohanty and Sabarna Saraswati is the Field Project lead and directly supervises our Field workers for accuracy and transparency. We take the suspicious cases to the Duttapulia local hospital or other local hospitals providing free/subsidized treatment. After the preliminary screening, as needed, we will take the patients to Kolkata for further diagnosis and treatment if required or find other hospitals to treat the case locally. We received assurance from the local hospital doctor and nurse, that our patients will receive the subsidized treatment once we process the needed income health cards.

I am extremely thankful to Sreema Mahila Samity, for the support, that helped us reach the interiors of Kumari and Huda village, for the help and guidance.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, (Principal Investigator of the project)

#TogetherWeSaveLives

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and All Donations are driven toward executing the Mission.

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

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March 3, 2023: Humbled to be invited by IGNOU to speak on Cancer Prevention, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Thank you, Dr. Shyni Duggal, for reaching out to me, and thank you Dr. Kanan Sharma, Dr. Umesh Pandy, Dr. Duggal, and the organizing committee for supporting the cause of Cancer and organizing the event. Thank you Dr. Ruchika Kuba for chairing the session. Thank you Ms. Jyoti Khemka for sharing your inspiring journey. I was so touched by the enormous response of support, continued with the discussions on the challenges we have in the cancer scenario and how we can work together and help bridge the gap.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

100% BCH services are free of cost, and All donations driven toward our mission.

#TogetherWeSaveLives #BreakTheBreastTaboo #BreakTheCancerTaboo #KnowYourBody

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breastcancerhub/

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Data: Feb 2020 to Dec 2022, Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) screened 13, 778 Villagers (4111 Families) in the 14 Villages BCH adopted in Cachar Assam, India during the time period Feb 2020 to Dec 2022 (More in progress) executing Door to door cancer screening, Treatment Management, Follow-ups with support & counseling. We detected 171 suspicious cases of Breast, Cervical, Oral & Other cancers. The villagers are daily wage earners living a hand-to-mouth existence without any savings. On many occasions, there is no one in the family to accompany the patient to the hospital, eventually avoiding treatment. The BCH team assists the Suspicious cases after our Door to door screening by taking the patients to the hospital, providing transport, generating income certificates, helping with hospital registration, patient communication with the doctor, accompanying them in the full diagnosis & treatment process, buying necessary medicines & treatment Aid supporting tests not covered under the govt aided schemes, providing food, dropping patients home with follow-ups & further counseling, taking care end to end.

A huge shout-out to our BCH team working relentlessly at the villages we adopted in Cachar, Assam: Sanalembi Devi (Project Coordinator), Field staffs: Sapna Pashi, Ranjitha Singha, Sangita Bagdi, Langlen Singha; Sarita Singha (Data entry operator), and Dr Lopamudra Das Roy (Principal investigator). Thank you Mr. Shanku Das for your audit & review of the BCH expenses in the adopted villages in Cachar, Assam.

We take the suspicious cases to Cachar Cancer Hospital (CCH), or Silchar Medical College (SMC), for further screening, diagnosis, and treatment. The hospitals provide treatment at free or subsidized rates under the government-aided schemes but for the remaining treatment expenses, BCH covers. Our heartfelt thanks to Padma Shri recipient Dr. Ravi Kannan Sir, Dr. Subhadra Goala, and the team of Cachar Cancer Hospital; Thanks 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. We are also thankful to IMA Assam State Branch, Dr. Sarmistha Bhattacharya, Dr. Bijoylakshmi Das, Dr. Bandana Das, Dr. Monika Deb, Dr. Devanjana Dutta for extending your support and executing cervical cancer & breast cancer screening camp for suspicious cases from the BCH adopted villages at Bhorakhai Tea estate.

In 2023, we added two more villages and The 16 Villages BCH adopted since February 2020: Sundari Part-II, Sundari Part-III, Sundari Part-IV, Boalihaor, Sentcatherine, Sundari-I, Bidruhipar, Boali Haor, Bhaurikhandi-I , Bhaurikhandi-II, Dharamkhal Division area of Silcoorie Tea Estate, Bhorakhai  divisions of Silcoorie Tea Eastate, Durgakona Division , Silcoorie Division of Silcoorie Tea Estate, Kochudorom- I, Kochudorom- IV.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, Founder-President, BCH

#TogetherWeSaveLives

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and All Donations are driven toward executing the Mission.

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breastcancerhub/

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Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Adopted Kumari village (an extremely interior, the India-Bangladesh border) and Huda Village (a tribal-dominated ) in Nadia District, WB, India, for door-to-door Cancer screening-awareness, Diagnosis, Treatment Management Aid and Counselling, taking care end-to-end after a series of groundwork in the area. Sharing the Data of the Number of families & individuals screened from Nov 15, 2022 - Jan 15, 2023 (Work in progress). We surveyed 84 Families and 122 Individuals in Huda and Kumari Villages. After conducting the community outreaches and creating the teams in August 2022 during my in-person fieldwork in the areas, as follow-ups, I am executing the overall supervision with close monitoring through WhatsApp calls & team zoom meetings. Our BCH field workers are Rimpa Biswas, Sima Basak, Ratna Basak, who are local residents of Kumari & Huda village. The overall Nadia project is under the supervision of Akhaya Mohanty and Sabarna Saraswati is the Field Project lead and directly supervises our Field workers for accuracy and transparency. We take the suspicious cases to the Duttapulia local hospital or other local hospitals providing free/subsidized treatment. After the preliminary screening, as needed, we will take the patients to Kolkata for further diagnosis and treatment if required or find other hospitals to treat the case locally. We received assurance from the local hospital doctor and nurse, that our patients will receive the subsidized treatment once we process the needed income health cards.

I am extremely thankful to Sreema Mahila Samity, for the support, that helped us reach the interiors of Kumari and Huda village, for the help and guidance.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, (Principal Investigator of the project)

#TogetherWeSaveLives

100% of BCH services are Free of cost and All Donations are driven toward executing the Mission.

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breastcancerhub/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breastcancerhub/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BreastCancerHub

November 20, 2022, Bengaluru: Thank you to the team Ardour for organizing the event and for your kind invitation to me to speak about Breast Cancer. A huge shout-out to Team Ardour and the amazing young girls who stepped up to donate their hair for the cause! So proud of the team Ardour for executing the event flawlessly with passion and dedication!

With gratitude,

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

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Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Outreach at Subharti Medical College, Carnival Day

Breast Cancer Hub (BCH) Outreach Program/Booth at Subharti Medical College - Carnival Day, November 3, 2022. A huge shout-out to our BCH Ambassadors, the students of Subharti Medical College, Meerut, India, for executing the event flawlessly with passion and dedication! I am so proud of the team for helping make a difference and for all the hard work: SAACHI GUPTA, SIDDHANT SHARMA, RIPIKA SAXENA, TANYA SHARMA , TANU YADAV, MANRAJ SINGH, PRADYUMAN MISHRA. Special thanks to SHATAKSHI SHARMA, RIYA GOEL, DIVYANSH VATS. A huge thanks to the TEAM'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS who helped with the behind-the-scenes efforts!

Thank you, SAACHI, for reaching out to me, with the initiative to represent BCH at the Carnival with our BCH Stall, sincerely appreciate the gestures. On behalf of BCH, I also wanted to convey my heartfelt thanks to our kindhearted sponsors SAACHI, SIDDHANT, and TANYA for donating Rs.3428, Rs.2000, and Rs.4830 respectively towards the total expenses of Rs. 16,428 BCH incurred to execute the event.

A note below from Saachi Gupta on behalf of the team about their execution:

"We distributed paper bags which contained brochures, bookmarks, wrist bands and thank you cards to everyone. In the brochures - we explained to them about the QR codes of breast self-exam cards in 24 languages and early detection screening cards for other cancers. We printed a few breast self-exam cards (English and Hindi) to give people an idea about the cards. We told them about the non-profitable organization and the works of Dr. Lopamudra ma’am. We discussed the importance of early detection and treatment in breast cancer. We explained to them about the colour scheme- pink for breast cancer in women, blue in men and purple for all other cancers. We motivated students to share the breast self-exam cards to their mothers, fathers and other family members. The CEO of the university Dr. Shalya Raj ma’am was very impressed with the students’ initiative. The details about the booth were also shared on a local hindi newspaper. We also put up a white board for people to write to us and the BCH family. We even told them about the hashtags- #togetherwesavelives #breakthebreasttaboo #breakthecancertabboo #knowyourbody. All students who visited the booth wore the BCH wristbands and supported the initiative."

Words fall short to express my happiness...so proud of each of you!

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy, (Mentor) on behalf of the BCH family!

www.breastcancerhub.org

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October 28, 2022: Deeply humbled, and thank you, Ms. Nasmin Chowdhury and Ms. Tania Laskar, Co-Founder of CHATOL., for the kind invitation, and for the great discussions! Sincerely appreciate your support of the cause!

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy , on behalf of BCH Family!

#TogetherWeSaveLives

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

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October 27, 2022: Humbled to be invited to speak on Breast Cancer Challenges, at the Kerala Cancer Crusade mission, IRIA (Indian Radiological & Imaging Association) Preventive Radiology National Program, in association with IRIA Kerala, Swasthi Foundation & Community Oncology, Regional Cancer Center.
Thank you Dr. Avni Skandhan & Mr Susheel Kumar Valappil for the kind introduction.

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

#TogetherWeSaveLives #BreakTheBreastTaboo #BreakTheCancerTaboo #KnowYourBody

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

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October 19, 2022: Ground News, Assam

Thank you Dr Samadrita for recognizing our work at Breast Cancer Hub adopted villages in Cachar, Assam, that we started to adopt since February 2020 onwards. Cannot be more thankful to Sapna Bordoloi for mentioning about our work to Dr Samadrita. Thanks to The Ground News Assam channel for recognizing our tireless efforts!

With gratitude,

Dr Lopamudra Das Roy , on behalf of our BCH adopted villages team in Cachar, Assam

#TogetherWeSaveLives #BreakTheBreastTaboo #BreakTheCancerTaboo #KnowYourBody

Website: https://www.breastcancerhub.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/breastcancerhub/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breastcancerhub/

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