Free Cancer Screening for Women at Bir Hospital Until April 20

March 29, Kathmandu – Bir Hospital has launched a free cancer screening service for women starting Monday. In collaboration with the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Bir Hospital began providing free screening services for breast, uterine, and cervical cancer in women from today.

This cancer screening service will be available until April 20. At the inauguration of the screening, Acting Chief of the Metropolitan City, Sunita Dangol, emphasized that early detection of cancer is critical to saving lives.

“If cancer is identified through timely screening, treatment becomes easier and less costly. This helps in saving lives,” she stated. Dangol also underwent her own cancer screening during the event.

Vice Chancellor of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, Professor Bhupendra Kumar Basnet, highlighted that although cancer can be severe if detected late, early diagnosis allows for effective treatment.

Executive Director of Bir Hospital, Professor Dilip Sharma, urged women to undergo cancer screenings regularly and stressed that there should be no fear associated with the possibility of a cancer diagnosis.

According to Deepak KC, Head of the Health Department at the Metropolitan City, any woman across the country can visit this hospital for cancer screening. He explained that women can be referred from 32 urban health promotion centers under the metropolitan authority to Bir Hospital for testing.

The Metropolitan City has allocated NPR 15 million to Bir Hospital specifically to support cancer screening services for women. –RAS