Delhi State Cancer Institute’s ‘Cancer Hospital School with Pankh’ program is making children aware about cancer in government schools. Focused on prevention, early detection and healthy lifestyle, the initiative has so far reached thousands of students from more than 12 schools.

Cancer Awareness Program in Schools: Delhi State Cancer Institute has started making students aware about cancer through the ‘Cancer Hospital School with Pankh’ initiative in government schools of the capital. This program has been providing information about prevention, early detection and right lifestyle to the students of classes 6 to 12 for the last one year. The team of doctors is directly going to schools and through dialogue, explaining how the risk of cancer can be reduced by adopting right habits.

Cancer awareness campaign reached schools

Delhi State Cancer Institute’s ‘Cancer Hospital School with Pankh’ program has been spreading cancer awareness in government schools for the last one year. Till now thousands of students in more than 12 schools have been linked to this campaign. The focus of the program is cancer prevention, early detection and promotion of healthy lifestyle.

Under this initiative, students are given easy and scientific information about diseases like head, neck, breast, cervical, lung and liver cancer. In every session, children’s doubts are also cleared through questions and answers, so that understanding and alertness can be developed instead of fear.

Hidden message in ‘PANKH’ model

According to DSCI, PANKH is not just a name, but a thought. It means Prevention, Awareness, Nutrition, Knowledge and Hope. The entire program has been prepared on this model.

The team of doctors tells children how tobacco, wrong eating habits, physical inactivity and poor lifestyle increase the risk of cancer. It is also explained that it is possible to prevent many cancers by changing small habits.

Focus on students from class 6 to 12

According to DSCI Director Dr. Vinod Kumar, this initiative is a big step towards making the future generation healthy and aware. At the same time, Dr. Pankaj Tyagi, the guide of the program, says that under the campaign, priority is being given to students from class 6 to 12.

According to Dr. Shambhavi Sharma, Assistant Professor of Clinical Oncology, out of more than 200 types of cancers, special attention is paid to those cancers which can be prevented by improving lifestyle, cleanliness and balanced diet. Doctors from different departments actively participate in every session.

what is the plan next

Delhi State Cancer Institute is preparing to expand this program further. The aim of the institute is to reach 25 to 30 schools every year, so that more and more children can get the right information in time.