SAVE THE YOUTH CAMP – CORPORATE
ONGC – Vasant Kunj Corporate Office
Topic: TOBACCO USERS SCREENING CAMP
Schedule: 21st October 2022 Time: 9:30 – 4:30 pm onwards
ICanCaRe Experts for the CAMP –
Dr. Pawan Gupta M.Ch, Director – Cancer Surgeon – MAX – Patparganj, Vaishali
Dr Anshul Jain MDS(Oral Surgery), CTCS – Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist, Visiting Surgeon, MAX Vaishali
Dr. Harshita Pandey BDS, CTCS – Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist, ICanCaRe- MAX Oral Care and Tobacco Cessation Centre
Mr. Rohit – Oral Care and Tobacco Cessation Assistant
A “TOBACCO USERS SCREENING” Camp was organized in association with MAX INSTITUTE OF CANCER CARE during the ONGC- Cancer Awareness Health Mela organized at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation – Vasant Kunj Premises on 21st October 2022.
The Health Mela was an effort by the ONGC – Medical Corporate to create awareness of different types of cancer and healthy living to avoid cancer. The initiative was taken by Dr. Vimal Kumar and Dr. Pranita Das.
Many stalls were put up by various hospitals. The most sought-after was the TOBACCO USERS SCREENING STALL by the tobacco users, who were anxiously seeking advice and getting themselves screened for any health risk related to tobacco.
At the camp – screening for oral lesions and advice on what to do were given to the visitors. In addition, advice about the tobacco cessation program by ICanCaRe was provided. ICanCaRe is the only company in India working for providing services to Tobacco Users.
It is worth mentioning here that ICanCaRe as a part of the SAVE the Youth campaign runs a full assistance program. It has a successful track record for successful quitting. The digitalized medically validated tobacco cessation program by certified Tobacco Cessation Specialists promoting active motivation, behavioral intervention, co-morbidity management, and Drug medications is a systematic approach for easy quilting.
ICanCaRe APP is Worlds first APP for tobacco Users to note their intake, cravings, withdrawals, addiction level, and also the intervention journey during quitting. The active follow-up process adopted by ICanCaRe has seen more compliance and success for this hither to difficult disease.
TOBACCO IS A DISEASE-CAUSING MANY AILMENTS AND NEEDS TO BE TREATED WITH EMPATHY AND MEDICAL CARE. ICanCaRe understands the need of tobacco users and provides services accordingly. For Tobacco, User Services call 011-43077695.
113 visited the camp, 43 check-ups were done and of this 28 had signs related to tobacco use. This is the word of caution and it is important we be sensitized towards the need of this group. The book Be Smart Do Not Start, cartoon-based learning to #knowtobacco was given to all the visitors to the stall.
CMD with his team who visited the camp was all praise for the initiative.
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