‘Cancer detection centre in Aynavaram to benefit area’s lower middle-class families’

The Chief Justice of Madras High Court Munishwar Nath Bhandari virtually inaugurated a multi-speciality cancer detection centre at Ayanavaram on Sunday, set up by the Rajasthan Youth Association (RYA) Madras Cosmo Foundation.

The centre is also creating medical facilities for dialysis, dental, wellness, therapy and community hall and a wellequipped dispensary.

“Education and medical are the two most important services to the society. While education is important for giving a direction to the life and, medical services are needed to live life in a better way. Cancer is a common disease, so there’s a lot of demand cancer care and dialysis,” said Justice Bhandari.

Talking about the significance of the centre, Narendra Srisrimal, Chairman-Cancer Detection Centre, RYA Madras Cosmo Foundation, said, “Ayanavaram and the surrounding areas have many lower middle-class families. We established the centre here to benefit them. No recommendation or document proofs will be asked. You just need to pay Rs 30, that’s all.”

The pharmacy at the centre provides medicines free of cost for the first three days of the period mentioned in the prescription for all patients. The foundation conducts regular free eye camps every month and provide free cataract operations and spectacles.

The foundation has benefitted over 4.30 lakh patients including 32,750 patients on dialysis, and 8,100 cataract operations. Over 90,000 x-ray-scan with around 270-plus free camps have been conducted so far.

The centre has a hall for conducting free health camps at regular intervals. The dialysis centre will provide services at a subsidised cost of Rs 500.