Rotary Smartcity and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital launch Project Miracle!

Coimbatore: On Monday (26.6.23), the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Smartcity launched a Rotary International Global Grant Project called 'Miracle' in association with Sri Ramakrishna Hospital to provide financial assistance to 89 needy people requiring Breast Cancer or Cervical Cancer surgery.

Rotary Smartcity (with assistance from Rotary International) will provide financial assistance for patients to undergo 55 breast cancer surgical procedures and 34 cervical cancer surgical procedures, while Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Oncology & Research (SRIOR) will provide all necessary medical support.

On Monday, the project's launch event was held in the auditorium of Sri Ramakrishna Hospital.

Dr.P.Guhan, Director, SRIOR welcomed the gathering. He said that today, breast cancer is prevalent in urban areas in the present while cervical cancer is widespread in rural areas.

We have various treatments to fight and cure cancer thanks to advances in medical and technology,but people coming from the less fortunate community cannot afford the treatment. Also, many of those individuals don’t have the comprehensive health insurance schemes provided by the State and Central Government.

Reasons like this reduce the chance of survival for many patients affected by cancer. But now, with the benevolent support from Rotary and assistance from Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, this initiative ‘Miracle’ will be a real game-changer for 89 of those patients. It will certainly be a boon to them.

The project was launched in the presence of Managing Trustee of SNR Sons Charitable Trust D.Lakshminarayanaswamy, Rtn.Subash Goenka & office bearers of Rotary Club of Coimbatore Smartcity. Rtn. Selva K.Raghavendran, Chair, Rotary Foundation, Rtn. Rajasekar Srinivasan, Past District Chairman, Rotary International District 3201, Rtn.ManishVyas, Charter President, Rotary Club of Coimbatore Smartcity.

The delegates from Rotary handed over a cheque of Rs. 68 lakh to the Management of Sri Ramakrishna Hospital.

Rtn.Sunku Radesh Kumar, Project Chair, Rtn.Vivek Khona TRF Chair 21-22, Rtn. Falguna Badani, Secretary 21-22, Rtn.Aparna Sunku, President, Rtn. Sunku Radesh Kumar, Community Service Chair, Rtn.Chirag Vora, Secretary, Rotary Club of Coimbatore Smartcity were also present.

Dr.Karthikesh, Surgical Oncologist at SRIOR, proposed the Vote of Thanks.