KOLKATA: The urban primary health centres under KMC will start cancer screening, soon.
The screening exercise, in collaboration with the Indian Medical Association (IMA), along with Indian Dental Association (IDA) and Medica Superspecialty Hospital, is likely to start by July 1 and is expected to be carried out at all 16 boroughs under KMC. “The proposal for a cancer screening programme is a very positive step. Now every ward has a primary health centre, where such screening can be done,” said KMC mayor Firhad Hakim, also the urban development and municipal affairs minister. The screening camps will focus primarily on the detection of three most common cancer—oral, breast and cervical.
