Last month, Nayati Hospital conducted an awareness session on Cervical Cancer at Sandipani Muni School. The girls from 7th till 12th grade along with their parents were invited to attend the session.

Cervical Cancer occurs when the cells of the cervix grow abnormally and invade other tissues and organs of the body. When it is invasive, this cancer affects the deeper tissues of the cervix and could spread to other parts of the body. The Hospital also informed the girls about a new vaccine that has been introduced in many countries, which has also been listed by WHO as a prevention against the cancer. This type of vaccination is rather expensive although it has proved to be effective in 90% of cases.

At the moment, the Hospital is also looking for sponsors who can support them to provide these vaccines to 150 children in the first lot.