Preventive Oncology Clinic,Colposcope facility inaugurated at Zulekha Yenepoya Institute of Oncology
Press Release: Preventive Oncology Clinic and Colposcope was inaugurated at Zulekha Yenepoya Institute of Oncology , a constituent unit of Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) on Saturday, 11th March 2023 by Mr. Jawaid Akthar IAS (Additional Chief Secretary Forest, Ecology and Environment Department, Govt. of Karnataka) in presence of Dr. B.H.Sripathi Rao Pro Vice chancellor and Dr. Gangadhara Somayaji K.S. Registrar Yenepoya(Deemed to be University), Zulekha Onco centre staff and other dignitaries and constituent officers of the University.
Dr Nagaraj Shet Assistant Medical Superintendent,YMCH , Marketing Manager YU Welcomed the gathering.Dr. Mariam Anjum Ifthikar, Associate Professor Gynecologic Oncology, Laparoscopic and Robotic surgeon briefed in detail about the state of the art preventive oncology services like Pap Smear, HPV testing, HPV vaccination and colposcopy with thermal ablation services. Colposcopy uses high power optics for non contact magnified gynecological examination. It is very useful in identifying premalignant lesions and early detection of cervical cancers which will improve the disease outcomes.
Dr. Jalaluddin Akbar, HOD Surgical Oncology accompanied the chief guest to the other advanced diagnostic and therapeutic facilities such as TrueBeam Linear Accelerator radiotherapy machine, Brachytherapy, PET CT and SPECT scan which are available at the centre.
Following the inauguration Mr. Jawaid Akthar also visited various centers of the University viz. Yenepoya Technology Incubator and ACTSYEN(Advanced Comprehensive Clinical Training & Simulation Centre).
Breast cancer and cervical cancer are the leading cancers in India as per the Globocon 2020 data. Majority of the patients come at advanced stages even now. Cervical cancer is a preventable cancer and if detected early, is completely curable. To celebrate the Cervical Cancer Awareness month, Zulekha Yenepoya Institute of Oncology has conducted a Women’s Wellness Awareness month in February. Various camps which emphasized awareness, screening and early detection of women cancers were conducted in and around Mangalore.
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Student found dead in hostel room in IIT Kharagpur
Kolkata (PTI): A 22-year-old M Tech student was found dead in his hostel room in the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, the second such incident reported on the campus within a span of 10 days.
The student, identified as Soham Haldar, was found hanging from the ceiling of his hostel room on Tuesday and he was immediately taken to the institute hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, an IIT Kharagpur official said.
Haldar, a dual-degree student in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, was a boarder of the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Hall of Residence on the campus.
Police from the Kharagpur Town police station have initiated a probe into the incident as preliminary findings indicated that it could be a case of suicide, though the exact cause of death will be ascertained following the post-mortem examination, the official said.
In a statement, the institute expressed deep grief over the student's death and said a detailed inquiry has been initiated.
The authorities have informed the family and are extending all possible assistance to them, it added.
Director Suman Chakraborty told PTI that the institute will strengthen the mechanism to identify stressed-out and depressed students and take follow-up steps to address their issues.
The grief-stricken parents of the student, who hailed from Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, have come to the campus and the authorities will speak to them, he said.
"Haldar's friends, faculty and staffers also could not gauge any stress or anxiety in him. But we need to enable students suffering from anxiety and extreme stress to open up their minds and do everything needed to prevent such incidents," he said.
Investigators are also scrutinising CCTV footage from the hostel premises to piece together the sequence of events leading to the incident.
The incident comes close on the heels of another student's death reported on April 18, when 21-year-old Jaibir Singh Dodia, a third-year Mechanical Engineering student from Ahmedabad, allegedly died after jumping from the eighth floor of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hall of Residence. That case is also under investigation.
The back-to-back incidents have once again brought the issue of mental health and student support systems at the institute into focus, especially in view of several such cases reported last year.
