Over a decade, Harshamitra is one of the best cancer hospitals in Trichy and plays vital role in alleviating cancer from our community through various activities. As the birth of harshamitra has a strong root of motherly care and compassion from the heart of a man who lost his father due to oral cancer, it always endeavours in bringing appropriate cancer treatment with international standards to the needy. The international standard has been implemented here with Tumor board method, where a cancer patient is being scrutinized by surgical, medical and radiation oncologists under a single roof to ensure the recovery of cancer patients with correct treatment and prompt actions. Also, to aid poor people with rich ignorance about this dangerous disease, harshamitra is taking all possible measures in igniting knowledge on cancer and its preventive screening methods. With aim of saving lives from cancer, harshamitra always reaches the unreached places where people really need our helping hand, concern and medical care. Since the emerging of harshamitra on 2011, it is continuously conducting various medical activities such as free screening camp for women and men, general medical camps, awareness lectures and events. till now, harshamitra has completed around 235 free screening camps successfully in around Trichy and nearby districts in association with tamilnadu government. By conducting these free cancer screening camps, the people with early signs of cancer can be identified, advised towards further proper treatments, resulting in complete recovery without any loss.
With this intention, June 1, 2025, harshamitra hospital organized free cancer screening camp at Olaiyur, Trichy. Our medical team of doctors, nurses and caretakers put forth their efforts tirelessly even on Sunday in bringing out the people with cancer signs. This camp mainly concentrated on Cervix, breast and oral cancers screening since these types of cancers are rapidly increasing in our country in the recent years. Women with less immunities are prone to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) which is the root cause of cervical cancer. In rural areas, women take the cervical cancer signs such as profuse white discharge with foul smell, abnormal intra uterine bleeding, post-menopausal bleeding with white discharge, lower abdomen pain very lightly. Once the condition gets severe, they approach doctors, most of the women, due to their unawareness and ignorance make their life at risk. Witnessing all these facts at our hospital, we still put much force in bringing the hidden cancer patients out through these camps. Though the availability of cervical cancer screening such as Papsmear, HPV-DNA, colposcopy and cervix biopsy, people fail to undergo all these at the right time due to various reasons, distant, money, knowledge and proper direction. Hence, Harshamitra is taking all these medical services free to the rural areas in the aim of reaching neediest. Likewise, breast cancer also can be detected before 10 years of its development through Mammogram, Sonogram and ultrasonogram screening methods. These methods will identify the affected areas of breasts and help to save the lives with ease. Also, self-breast examination also available. We can see this in many of the hospitals. But, still, women take this lightly and fail to come forward for this screening. So, every year, the month of October is being celebrated as Pink October, meaning prioritizing women breast health. During this month, Harshamitra motivates women to take breast screening through various strategies. Coming to oral cancer, both men and women are being affected due to tobacco consumption, lasting sharp tooth, persistent tongue ulcers. If these conditions are not given proper care immediately, it may end in oral cancer.
These cancers may start inside silently with no or less symptoms. Hence, periodical screenings are essential to detect the cancer at the early stage. If we have detected cancer in its early stage, then the we can ensure the complete recovery provided the follow-ups as per the advice of doctors. The cancer treatment methodologies spread their wings in many directions, focusing to cope with all types of cancer without any complications. With these facts harshamitra strives to enlighten the people about cancer, its symptoms, screening and treatment options.