The Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute (BIACH&RI) has decided to take up “Cancer Free Telangana” programme and has sought the State Government support for it. As part of it, cancer-screening camps will be held in all revenue divisional headquarters in Telangana.
Announcing the plan during a breast cancer awareness programme on Sunday, film star and chairman of BIACH&RI N. Balakrishna said that since its inception in 2000 the hospital had organised 856 camps and screened about 1.53 lakh people. They were planning to screen 1,000 people and create awareness on cancer in every camp, he stated.
