SMBBMU Larkana Organizes Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

A mass awareness walk was organized here on Wednesday by the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) and Chandka Medical College (CMC) Larkana with the collaboration Higher Education Commission (HEC) in connection of the World Breast Cancer Day (Pink Ribbon Day) and to create mass awareness against the Breast Cancer.

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Oct, 2018 ) :A mass awareness walk was organized here on Wednesday by the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) and Chandka Medical College (CMC) Larkana with the collaboration Higher education Commission (HEC) in connection of the World Breast Cancer Day (Pink Ribbon Day) and to create mass awareness against the Breast Cancer.

The day is observed this year to raise awareness among the masses about issues relating to Breast Cancer.

The walk started from the Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto Memorial library that march all the important thoroughfares of the Larkana city and concluded at Chandka Medical College(CMC).

The participants were carrying ply-cards and banners inscribed with slogans against the fatal diseases of Heart.

The Walk was led by the Dean of Faculty of SMBBMU Larkana Professor Rafia Balouch, Additional Registrar SMBBMU Larkana Dr Atta Muhammad Siddiqui, Dr Shahida Shaikh.

Meanwhile, a public awareness seminar on "Breast Cancer, their prevention and early detection in Females" was held on Wednesday at auditorium of CMC Larkana.

The seminar was organized by the Department of Surgery, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) and Chandka Medical College (CMC) Larkana.

The seminar was organized particularly for women. Expert lady surgeons, lady doctors and oncologist delivered lectures on various aspects of breast diseases.

Dean of Faculty of SMBBMU Larkana Professor Rafia Balouch, Dr Shahida Shaikh, Dr Saira Fatima, Dr Saima Athar delivered their papers on various aspects of breast diseases, their prevention and awareness about breast cancer and early detection and also highlighted the health problems including breast cancer in women and the causes of different diseases.

The speakers on the occasion said that about 40,000 patients died due to breast cancer every year in Pakistan. One out of every nine women is at the risk of breast cancer, the prevalence of which is the highest amongst all cancers in Pakistan, they added.

They said that if they detected and treated early, 90 percent women could survive and live a simple life.

Dean of Faculty of SMBBMU Larkana Professor Rafia Balouch said it is important to focus on prevention rather than cure.

She said the campaign aims to sensitize girls and women by arranging events and activities that create a direct interaction.

In the last, speakers urged media and civil society to create awareness against this fatal disease.