A Mission to “Win Over Cancer”
Faridabad Chapter- H. No-2, Sector-8, Faridabad
A round table discussion was organized by Indian Cancer Winners’ Association- Faridabad Chapter at Studio 220, Sector 9, Faridabad on 31st May 2009 on the occasion of “World No Tobacco Day !” Speaking on this occasion Dr.Pawan Gupta, the President of I CAN WIN Foundation and senior Cancer Surgeon at SMH Curie Cancer Centre said that the tobacco use and the diseases due to his habit have reached an epidemic level world wide.
Dr. B.C.Gupta MD President I CAN WIN - Faridabad
Dr Ratnesh and Dr Pawan - Experts
Dr Manish,Dr Kulveen, Dr Pawan, Dr B.C.Gupta, Dr Ratnesh, Dr VishalThe use of tobacco in any form be it smoking or chewing leads to widespread diverse effects on almost each and every organ of the body specially Head & Neck and the lungs. The most important thing is that it is a preventable evil of the society and many lives can be saved annually. Mouth is the most important part to be affected and an early detection of pre- malignant lesions can make a difference in the outcome of tobacco related disorders. He emphasized the role of Dental and ENT surgeons as the most important experts to advise the people in quitting tobacco and in making them aware about early and frequent checkups to void cancer and other preventable lesions of oral cavity.
Problem of second hand smoking was also highlighted .The problem of smoking affecting the domestic aspects specially its physical and mental effect on children was also discussed at length. The event was attended by eminent ENT and Dental surgeons of Faridabad and Member experts of Indian Cancer Winners’ Association Dr. Ratnesh Shrivastav from Dharamshila Hospital & Dr.Amitbh Singh from Fortis Hospital, Gurgaon known for their contribution to oncology. Doctors from QRG Central Hospital, Sarvodays Hospital & Fortis group also attend the meet.
In the end it was concluded that the tobacco related disorders are preventable and the doctors can play a pivotal role by making people aware about this by various means and the quality and span of life can be increased better in the society in turn.
Indian Cancer Winners’ Association believes in “Win over Cancer”. This is a part of a series of meets which is planned by the Association towards Professional- Patient- Public partnership in achieving the long term goal of winning over cancer and not just fight against cancer. Dr.B.C.Gupta, President Dr. Manish K. Wadhwa, Vice President, Dr.Prashant Gupta, Secretary Dr.Vishal Juneja, Jt Secretary and Mr. Anil Rahat, Vice President of the Faridabad Chapter of I CAN WIN Association organized the meet.
Dr B.C.Gupta
President
Dr Prashant Gupta
Secretary
Dr Vishal Juneja and Dr Prashant Gupta
Dr Vishal, Dr Pawan , Dr B.C.Gupta, Dr Prashant
1 comment:
a slide was shown during the disscussion depicting that cigerrete contains 50 poisnous substances. if the posters of this slide are pasted in waitng rooms of all our clinics and canteens ,reception ,hostels of all the colleges and schools ,it will certainly discourage younger generation from taking up smoking.
Dr. Rajiv Gugnani
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