INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JULY 25
Nepali Congress leader Prakashman Singh Shrestha today inaugurated Rajesh Memorial Cancer Relief Foundation, a charitable
organisation, established after the name of Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Rajesh Acharya.
On the occasion of the 45th day of the demise of
Dr Acharya, inauguration of the foundation, affiliated with the Social Welfare Council, was announced at a function organised in
Kathmandu.
A press release issued by the foundation said its primary objective was to provide necessary support and services to cancer
patients besides carrying out research in the field of health and medical sciences related to cancer.
The foundation will collaborate with
various organisations or institutions, especially cancer related ones and hospitals for conducting awareness-raising programmes against the
The foundation will focus on providing proper counselling and guidance to cancer patients, their families and caregivers, read the
release.
The foundation will reach out to persons or groups, who are prone to cancer due to poverty and lack of easy access to health
facilities, necessary support and services, and proper understanding or knowledge about the disease
It will not only inform the patients and their caregivers about how they can have access to hospitals and health institutions for treatment
of cancer, but also make arrangements for transport service as per necessity, said Janardan Acharya, father of Dr Acharya.
Prof Rishikesh
Narayan Shrestha, Medical Director of Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital said his health facility would collaborate with the foundation to provide
more facilities and assistance to needy patients.
I hope the foundation will come to the rescue of more and more cancer patients who dont
have access to health facilities, he said.
A version of this article appears in e-paper on July 26, 2020, of The Himalayan Times.
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