Global Cancer Concern India BUZZ

October 2013

Message from the President

It gives me an immense pleasure in releasing the first issue of e-newsletter of Global Cancer Concern India. E- Newsletter is an important cost effective communication tool. It reflects the performance of the organisation and the ethos which permeates it. I hope GCCI Buzz will measure up to the expectations of the internal and external audience. With the best wishes.

Inderjit K Pannu

President & Managing Trustee

Global Cancer Concern India

Mrs. Inderjit K Pannu, President (centre) and Brig.B.V Ahuja, Trustee & Adviser (extreme

right) of GCCI with (from left to right) Mr. A.K Sharma, Sr .DGM , BHEL , Mr. A .K Singh

,HR Executive .BHEL , Mr.Praveen Chaudhary , Incharge ,BHEL Bhopal, Dr.Harvinder

Singh Bakshi, Executive Director , GCCI and Dr.Sampurna , Director Programme GCCI

Global Cancer Concern

India (GCCI) and

Bharat Heavy

Electricals Limited

(BHEL) signed an

agreement on 19th

Sep’13 at GCCI HQ to

provide palliative care

to cancer patients

through a mobile unit

at Bhopal. The Budget

of the programme is Rs

20, 00,000. The

agreement was

signed by Dr.

Harvinder Singh

Bakshi, Executive

Director of GCCI and

Mr. Praveen

Chaudhary, CSR

incharge, BHEL

Bhopal. The aim of the

project is to ensure

relief of pain with the

help of trained doctor,

nurses and councellor,

by putting the patients

in a comfort zone,

through a holistic

approach comprising,

physical,

Psychological, emotional and spiritual support. Thus, it is ensured that cancer patients live the rest

of their life with self-esteem and dignity. Mrs. Inderjit Pannu, President GCCI on this occasion,

spotlighted the multipronged cancer-care work of GCCI.

B HEAD OFFICE

The number of Cancer patients has steeply multiplied during the past couple of years in Punjab. A door to door survey covering almost 98% of the population conducted from Oct. 2012 to Dec. 2012 by Health Department, Punjab found that incidence of Cancer in Punjab is higher than the national and international average. Malwa region has emerged as the epicenter of the disease but it is also

spreading in other parts of Punjab. In view of the need, Global Cancer Concern

India is going to launch a holistic Mobile Palliative Homecare Services for cancer patients at Ludhiana on 1st of Oct’13, with the support from GAIL (India). In this context, an agreement was signed by Dr.

Harvinder

Singh

Bakshi,

Executive

Director

of GCCI

and Mr.

Anup

Gupta, DGM, CSR of GAIL (India) on 20th

September, 2013 at the corporate office of GAIL

(India) in New Delhi. The value of the project is Rs

16.50,000. Dr. Sampurna, Director, Programmes

of GCCI and Mr. C S Majita, Chief Manager, CSR

of GAIL (India) were present on this occasion.

HEAD OFFICE

Global Cancer Concern India and GAIL (India) to launch Mobile

Palliative Home Care for Cancer affected at Ludhiana in Punjab

,

In view of the high incidence of cancer

and the problems encountered by the

cancer patients, GCCI launched a

Mobile Palliative Care Unit in Ludhiana

on 26th Sept, 2013 with the objective of

providing free Palliative Care to poor

cancer patients at their doorsteps.

GAIL is supporting this project. On this

occasion, a press conference was

organised at Ludhiana which was

attended by a large no. of media

persons from print and electronic media.

Mrs. Inderjit K Pannu, President, Dr.

Harvinder Singh Bakshi, Executive Director

, Dr. Sampurna Behura, Director

Programme, Mr.Suhkdip Gill,

Dy.Director(Punjab) of Global Cancer

Concern India and Ms. Stuti,

representative of GAIL, New Delhi

addressed the conference. Mr.Rakesh Marcus, SD-DRM of GCCI was also

present.

A joint team of GCCI & GAIL including

Mrs. Inderjit K Pannu, Dr.Harvinder Singh

Bakshi, Dr, Sampurna Behura and Ms Stuti

flagged off the Mobile Palliative Care

Unit.

This event received a copious media

coverage.

LUDHIANA

MOBILE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT SUPPORTED BY BHEL WAS LAUNCHED

AT BHOPAL ON 22ND OCT.2013

AN AWARENESS PROGRAMME WAS CONDUCTED AT XAVIER SCHOOL,

KOLKATA

KOLKATA

ART COMPETION AND ORIENTATION PROGRAMMES WAS ORGANISED AT SOUTH CITY

APARTMENT TOWER IV IN KOLKATA. THE PARTICIPANTS WERE GIVEN PRIZES. DR.ROMIT

GHOSH AND DR.BHASKAR PAL CONDUCTED THE ORIENTATION PROGRAMME

.

1

GCCI’S KERELA TEAM

CONDUCTED A STUDENT

RALLY ON WORLD NO

TOBACCO DAY AT

KOTTAYAM. 500 STUDENTS

FROM GOVT. HR. SEC.

SCHOOL, VBUP SCHOOL

AND PIONEER U.P SCHOOL

PARTICIPATED IN THE RALLY.

KERALA

MOHALI

GCCI ORGANISED A CANCER

CUM TOBACCO AWARENESS

TALK AT DELL, MOHALI. AT THE

END OF THE LONG

PRESENTATION THE FACILITY

HEAD PRESENTED THE

SPONSORSHIP AMOUNT FOR

THE EDUCATION OF 4 CANCER

AFFLICTED CHILDREN.

DELL EXPRESSED ITS DESIRE TO

ORGANISE MANY MORE SUCH

TALKS IN THE FUTURE TOO, SO

THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES COULD

MADE AWARE OF THE DEADLY

DISEASE AND THEY STAY AWAY

FROM TOBACCO.

2

GCCI ORGANISED A SCREENING

CAMP AT HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL,

VILLAGE NABHA SAHIP, ZIRAKPUR

ON OCT. 5, 2013. DR.RUPINDER

SODHI AND DR. NAVNEET KAUR

ATTENDED TO THE PATIENTS.

ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WERE

EXAMINED AND 4 PAP SMEARS

COLLECTED. IVY HOSPITAL,

MOHALI PROVIDED THE MEDICAL

SUPPORT AND THE CAMP WAS

SPONSORED BY THE INDIAN OIL

CORPORATION.

FARIDABAD

GCCI’S DELHI REGIONAL OFFICE

ORGANISED ORIENTATION

PROGAMMES ON CANCER AT

ST.THOMAS AND ST.JOHNS

SCHOOL AT FARIDABAD. DR.

P.K.DASH AND DR.JEEVAN JHA

LENT THEIR SUPPORT BY

ASSOCIATING WITH GCCI’S

EDUCATION PROGAMME.

DR.HARVINDER SINGH BAKSHI, CEO OF GCCI GRACED THE OCCASION OF DUSSEHRA CELEBRATION

AT FARIDABAD AS CHIEF GUEST. THE PROGRAMME WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 10,000

PERSONS. IN HIS ADDRESS, HE ALSO SPOTLIGHTED THE ROLE OF GCCI IN CANCER CARE.

CEO OF GCCI INVITED AS CHIEF GUEST AT

DUSSEHRA CELEBRATION