An awareness programme on Breast Cancer was today organised at Government Medical College Baramulla, here.
The inaugural session was chaired by the Principal and Dean GMC Baramulla, Prof (DR) Ruby Reshi in presence of Dr. Nisar Ahmad Khan HoD medicine and Chairman Academics and Dr Parvaiz Ahmad Masoodi, the Medical Superintendent of the hospital.The awareness programme was attended by hundreds of people, employees from different departments of the district including Health services represented by scores of Asha workers from different blocks, teachers and lecturers from various colleges, Legal Aid cell, St Joseph Hospital, AMT Nursing college, Haneefa Nursing college Sopore, faculty, residents and nursing staff and students and other paramedical staff of the college.Prof Maqbool Lone, while welcoming the guests stressed on the need of organizing more such programs on a regular basis to make people aware about the unnecessary stigma and fear associated with Breast cancer. He thanked the principal for support, encouragement and guidance and said that she has always been keen to upgrade and uplift the image of GMC and its associated hospital.He also thanked the medical superintendent for his organizational support and skills.Prof Ruby Reshi while expressing her happiness for organizing such events for the general public highlighted the achievements made by the Associated Hospital. She informed the audience that the clinic which we call ‘Pink Clinic’ has been dedicated to females only and stressed that females should come forward and get the consultation of specialist doctors.She also mentioned about the ‘Superspeciality Clinic’ started by the college where only super specialists see the patients.Prof Ruby Reshi also highlighted the activities performed by the department of Radiation Oncology and said that she is desirous of and will work for establishing a comprehensive cancer unit in the hospital.In his speech, Dr Nisar Ahmad Khan gave a detailed account of various issues related to Breast cancer saying that breast cancer can be cured if detected early.Medical Superintendent, Dr Parvaiz Ahmad Masoodi in his speech, talked about the achievements and progress made by the 300-bedded hospital associated with GMC Baramulla. He gave a detailed description of the achievements made by various departments of the hospital, saying that thousands of procedures including surgeries have been done which are more than the capacities we have.Dr Shahida Nasreen, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology gave a detailed account of the risk factors associated with breast cancer and explained how we can save our lives by simply adapting a healthy lifestyle.Dr Baba Iqbal Khaliq, Associate professor Pathology gave a lecture on the methods and techniques of the diagnosis of breast cancer. He stressed on the need of the latest techniques in pathological diagnosis of breast cancer as these techniques not only help in diagnosis of the disease but also guide us about the treatment of the disease as well.The event also included an impressive ‘Interactive session’ where the participants actively participated by asking questions to the experts. The experts satisfactorily answered their questions. The session proved to be very fruitful.
