BVP U’khand announces Cancer Awareness Award

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BVP U’khand announces Cancer Awareness Award

Saturday, 20 July 2019 | PNS | Haridwar

The Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP), Uttarakhand, has announced Lakshmi Mittal Smriti Cancer Awareness Award from this year. This award will be given to an individual or organisation which is doing research in prevention or cure of the disease or to those who are involved in spreading awareness about cancer. 

Professor Satyendra Mittal of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee who has instituted this award in the name of his mother Lakshmi Mittal said that an amount of Rs 5100 shall be given to the institution, doctor or any social organisation working on cancer awareness. Candidates may send their applications till October 10. Speaking to The Pioneer, social worker and communication in-charge of BVP Uttarakhand Rashmi Monga said, "Not many people know that Government Doon Medical College Hospital of the state has recently started cancer treatment for the patients and it has proved a boon for the people from weaker sections of society.

Here not only surgery is being done for cancer patients, they are also given chemotherapy treatment in series.  Only radiotherapy is not available for which the hospital administration is making attempts." State president of the BVP, Chandragupta Vikram said that a few symptoms, if known beforehand, can go a long way in curing cancer at initial stage. The main symptoms include excessive fatigue, weight loss without reason, weakness, a cyst or carbuncle, increased cough and pain in the chest pain in stomach or sides, excessive trouble during monthly periods to women and back pain. Much awareness has been raised in the past few years but still more needs to be done at individual level about cancer, he said. State secretary of BVP JK Monga said that earlier only aged people were thought to be susceptible to cancer but now it's a matter of concern that youths are also getting afflicted with this disease and the rate of occurence has increased to 10 per cent in the recent years.

In metro cities like Delhi it is more commonly found because of lifestyle diseases like obesity and high cholesterol. Further, people in the urban areas are prone to more exposure to pesticides, chemicals and fast food which lead to cancer. BP Gupta of BVP said that women who get married at later stage and do not breast feed the children, are more prone to breast and ovarian cancer and this is becoming common these days.

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