Often when doctor utters the word 'cancer', what the patient hears is "you are dying". Although Cancer is a dreaded disease, the fear often arises out of ignorance and misconceptions. Kerala has the highest incidence of cancers in the head and neck regions for men, and cervix and breast for women. The Social Workers Trainees form Loyola College woke up to the realization that many of these cancers were preventable and curable if they been detected and treated at an early stage. It is from this realization that the Trainees organised an Awareness and Early Detection Camp. A team consisting of proactive social work trainees - Anurenj P Kumar, Anjali US, Prasieja Jayakumar and Smitha Jyothirmayi of Semester II MSW (Loyola College) conceptualized and successfully conducted a Cancer Detection Camp at Pothencode, Trivandrum in association with the Regional Cancer Center. The Camp was conducted as part of concurrent field work practicum for MSW students in collaboration with RCC Trivandrum 13th June 2015.
The team was well supported by the RCC Team. We thank the Dr. Paul Sebastian, the Director and the RCC Team for their support. Congratulations and well done Team Loyola!!
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| Dr.Jose K. Boban,Principal, Loyola College Of Social Sciences inaugurating Free Cancer Awareness and Detection Camp at Kalloor UP School, Pothencode on 13th June 2015. |
---------------------------------------------------------Compilation: Anurenj and Praveen; Editted: Sonny
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