Free Cancer Mega camp held at Nabarangpur

Nabarangpur:Basant Rath,Reporter.

A cancer check-up and treatment camp was organised at district headquarter hospital here on Saturday. Noted Doctor Dinesh Pendharkar from Mumbai rendred his services during the camp while Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre (AHRCC) Cuttack  director Dr. L. Sarangi,  with Joint director NCD Odisha, Dr. PKB Patnaik, attended the camp. Under the guidance of the doctors chemotherapy was administer at the DHH by the trained doctor Debabrata Dakua,  A total no of 79 patients were attended the camp the team of doctors referred some of the patients to ARCC Cuttack for oncosurgery and radiotherapy.

During the function, Collector Ms. Rashmita Panda, CDMO Anup Kumar Ghose, Joint CDMO Niranjan Nayak, ADMO  Dr. Ch.Sovarani Mishra, and others were also present. Collecot Ms.Panda,assured to provide monetary help to the patients those who are referred to ARCC. It was for the first time that such a mega camp was being held at DHH Nabarangpur. Owing to increasing awareness about cancer, the number of cases with early detection had increased, which was helping the doctors cure the disease in the initial stage itself.

UNICEF to provide support for the development of Nabarangpur district’

Nabarangpur: 

A four members Unicef team visited Nabarangpur, headed by Yumi Bae, Chief Unicef  Odisha, here on Friday. While discussing with the collector Ms. Rashmita Panda said Unicef will play a pivotal role in providing technical support to the district administration for enhancing reproductive maternal and child health, Integrated child development through gram panchayat resources center. We have strategies to demonstrate in one block where we implement all activities through community mobilisation and gram panchayat resources centre will be key with the gram panchayat representatives to improve over all indicators like health, nutrition, education, water and sanitation programmes  Panda added’.

Speaking on the occasion Yumi Bae, Chief Unicef Odisha, said Collector Nabarangpur requested us to provide technical support to strengthen the indicators of the district. We have a fruitful discussion with the collector and  we  shared different ideas to strengthen and monitor overall development  by building village capacity to demand services through village planning and foster linkages between government and communities  she added. Among others PDDRDA Poma Tudu, Sub-collector Gavali Parag Harshad,  were present at the meeting.