Mobile cancer care unit for Majri block of Mohali district

Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 25

Deputy Commissioner Girish Dalayan flagged off a mobile cancer care unit of the Mahindra Mobile Primary Health and Cancer Care Project for the Majri block of Mohali district from District Administrative Complex here today.

Dalayan appreciated the efforts of Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd Swaraj Division for keeping tryst with the needs of the disadvantaged people through mobile primary health, cancer screening and palliative care units in Mohali.

Arun Raghav, Head ER, Admin and CSR, and Dr Harvinder Singh Bakshi, CEO, Global Cancer Concern, India, said the Swaraj Division of Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd is implementing this project since 2015.

In its third phase now, the project had been extended to another 80 villages of the Majri block of Mohali for providing free primary health care, cancer screening cum cancer awareness programme, anaemia screening, refractive errors and palliative home care treatment services for the needy on their doorstep.