Over 600 Benefit from Free Gynecology Health Camp in Myagdi

Myagdi. More than six hundred people have benefited from a free gynecology health camp held on Wednesday in Darbang of Malika Rural Municipality-6 in the district. 614 people received services in the two-day camp organized under the 'Maternity Saving Campaign' with the support of Virat Cancer Hospital and Virat Medical College, informed the organizer 'Kalp Empower Women Nepal'. The camp was conducted with the objective of identifying potential patients of cervical cancer, increasing public awareness for the reduction of gynecological problems, and improving access to treatment, informed Kalp's Chairperson Puja Koirala. According to her, 15 people identified with symptoms of cervical cancer in the camp have been referred to Dhawalagiri Provincial Hospital for further treatment. A team of cancer specialist Dr. Binod Aryal and gynecologist Babita Shah provided health check-ups, consultations, and free medicine distribution services. Women from Mangala and Dhaulagiri rural municipalities, as well as Malika, have also received services in the camp conducted at the Darbang Basic Hospital premises. Shila Pun, a resident of Malika Rural Municipality-4 and the coordinator of the camp, said that the camp was organized with the aim of identifying and bringing patients who hide their illnesses due to lack of awareness and education into the treatment process. Pun said that there are many gynecological problems among adolescent girls who are underage for marriage and are not physically and mentally mature when they become pregnant and give birth, but they tend to hide their illnesses. Prior to the health camp, on Jestha 10, 27 adolescent girls and young women from all seven wards of Malika Rural Municipality were given training on the causes, solutions, and treatment methods of cervical cancer. The adolescent girls who participated in the training conducted awareness programs in the communities on Jestha 11. The Kalp organization, founded by young women in Nepal under the age of thirty, has stated that more than 20,000 people have received services through its 'Maternity Saving Campaign' so far. Malika Rural Municipality and 'JK' Foundation have also supported the camp, said Samrat Thapa, the organization's program development chief.