JAMMU / NAWANSHAHR, Oct 21: Taking cancer awareness and preventive healthcare beyond hospital walls, Livasa Hospital, Nawanshahr, flagged-off its mobile screening & early detection bus on Wednesday to mark breast cancer awareness month.
Gulpreet Singh Aulakh, DC, Nawanshahr, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, while Tushar Gupta, IPS, SSP, Nawanshahr attended as the Guest of Honour. Among others, Jatinder Pal Singh Khurmi District and Sessions Judge, Dr Aman Sood Civil Surgeon Nawanshahr Dr Ajay Basra Senior Medical Officer Civil Hospital Nawanshahr were also present.
Dr. Jatin Sarin, director-medical oncology, Dr. Meenakshi Mittal, director–radiation oncology, and Dr. Vijay Bansal, director–surgical oncology, Dr. Jatinder Arora senior VP-operations, Abhinav Srivastava, regional facility director and Neeraj Tiwari, GM–operations were also present.
With this Initiative, Livasa Hospital aims to bring cancer awareness and screening closer to communities across Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur as well as select regions of Himachal Pradesh, with a special focus on women’s health.
The specially equipped bus will offer digital mammography, pap smear tests and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests for breast, cervical and prostate cancer screening, respectively, while encouraging people to prioritise preventive healthcare, seek timely medical advice and access appropriate follow-up care.
Anurag Yadav, CEO, Livasa Hospitals, said, “Healthcare should reach people where they are, and not just be available within hospital premises. Through our Mobile Screening Bus, we are taking an important step towards making preventive healthcare more accessible to communities.”