Celebrating International Women's Day, Bhagwan Mahavir Medica organised a Cervical Cancer Screening Awareness Programme on 11th March 2016 . Women from different walks of life participated participated in the interactive discussion.
The programme started with an inaugural address given by Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Medical Director & Director, Institute of Neuro Sciences. And was followed by a presentation by Dr. Shabdika Lal, Consultant, Obs & Gynae on Cervical cancer, its causes and preventive methods. She stressed on the fact that it is the only cancer that is preventable and emphasised on the necessity of pap Smear test every 3 years to detect abnormalities and prevent cancer.
A 50% discount on the cervical cancer vaccines was offered by the Jain Samaj.