Community cancer aid initiative

Sri Shankara Cancer Foundation will launch a community oncology initiative in Gowribidnur and Chintamani taluks of Chikkaballapur district. The outreach programme will be inaugurated in the Hosur hobli in Gowribidnur on Sunday by Justice N Kumar.

Villagers diagnosed with cancerwill be given free treatment by the foundation at its hospital in Bengaluru.

The foundation was earlier supposed to carry out this five-year epidemiological study through teleoncology network in Ramanagaram district in coordination with the Department of Health and Family Welfare. But due to logistical issues, the department asked the foundation to carry out the study in another district.