Breast Cancer Awareness Month is marked in countries across the world every October.
As a special endeavour for early cancer screening, Ruby Cancer Centre is offering mammograms at a discounted price of Rs 500 till 15 December.
Ruby Cancer Centre, a unit of Ruby General Hospital, in association with Ruby General Hospital and Ruby Cancer Care & Research Foundation, had organised a picturesque awareness rally from Ruby General Hospital on 31 October, to generate awareness among the common people of Kolkata about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. More than 350 participants had attended the rally.
The cancer survivors, who are the real celebrities and ambassadors for spreading the awareness about early detection and treatment of the disease were felicitated by the celebrities of other fields and eminent personalities present at the cancer awareness walk. Around 20 cancer survivors and their families had participated in the walk along with nurses, hospital staff, students of Ruby Nursing School and College.