Breast cancer is like a taboo for the women especially in a country like India. The trauma of losing an organ like breast can be very traumatic. Even conservation of breast, which has become a common practice in the rest of the world, is yet to be accepted by our population even in early breast cancer. Proper counselling is, therefore, a cornerstone in the multidisciplinary treatment of breast cancer..

HITAISHINI. is a voluntary non-profit Breast Cancer Support Network in Eastern India. It is a Forum member of Reach-to-Recovery International, Australia, and one of the founder members of Cancer Care India, New Delhi. Its member-volunteers are either breast cancer survivors or socially committed women. It runs breast clinics attached to hospitals and Cancer Centres in and around Kolkata to provide psychological, emotional, medicinal and rehabilitative support to women with breast cancer. Hitaishini also conducts Awareness camps, seminars, workshops and ‘Walks’ to propagate knowledge about breast cancer among the masses..

Hitaishini has been rendering free social services to the patients of this Institute for more than a decade. The lymphoedema clinic which deals with swelling of arms after treatment for breast cancer deserves a special mention.

The management of this Institute appreciates the noble services of this benevolent group.

(Timing: Friday 12 pm - 4 pm)