Some activities by HCG in the past - Center for Breast Health

HCG Pink Hope - Breast Cancer Support Group is a forum formed by women who have survived cancer and now lead normal, healthy lives. The support group was formed with the intention to provide a platform where women diagnosed with breast cancer could gather, with their family, to discuss their concerns and answer any question they may have.

The objectives of the HCG Center for Breast Health are to:

• Disseminate information about Breast Cancer in increasing in incidence in India.
• Educate Women about early detection of Breast Cancer.
• Create awareness in women about lifestyle changes that could actually decrease the incidence of Breast Cancer.
• Identify high risk women and put them on a protocol for early detection.
• Spread awareness that there is no need to remove the breast in all women with Breast Cancer.
• Importance of proper diagnosis, proper staging and proper treatment to achieve long term control for cure.
  

The Pink Hope Breast Cancer Support Group has made a wonderful impact in the lives of many of the cancer patients that have walked through the doors of HCG. In 2009 Pink Hope brought in many innovative concepts into reality to the patients going through cancer treatment.

To illustrate, the Pink Hope Breast Cancer support group meets at the HCG premises every last Saturday of the month. Every month a topic/subject like Yoga Therapy, Life Style Management, Art Therapy and various other topics which create value to patients, survivors and their family members are discussed. The monthly support group meetings provides an outlet for patients to discuss issues and concerns they may have as well as providing information and fun activities.





(Actor Tara Inaugurating The PinkHope Breast Cancer Support Group)



For instances, when yoga was the subject of discussion, followed by some actual demonstrations facilitated by Dr. Raghavendra Rao & his team, the response was very encouraging, with people calling up many weeks after the program, to ask when a repeat program would be conducted. Besides this, many cancer patients enrolled themselves for yoga classes to take advantage that yoga can bring into the healing process. The session on Life Style Management by Dr. Shekhar Patil was also a great success, with questions coming in thick and fast, about what to eat, what to avoid, what helps, what has worked as preventive measures. Another interesting session organized by the group was on the theme “Healing through Art”. This was conducted by a very senior International artist Prof. David Davison, talking about how art is yet another expression of a sensitive soul and the impression it can make in helping in the healing process.







(Breast Cancer Support Group Meeting)







(Dr. Shekar Patil talking on Lifestyle and Diet Management)














(Launch of HCG, Breast Cancer Support Handbook)