Kolhapur: Travelers at Kolhapur Airport will be screened for cancer for free if they want to undergo an examination.
The Authority of Kolhapur Airport, in collaboration with the Kolhapur Cancer Center, the Institute run by oncologists from the city, will soon launch the initiative.
The authorities claim that the plan is still an idea and detail will be disclosed later.
Kolhapur Airport Director Kamal Kataria told TII, “The passengers who arrive at the airport can take voluntary cancer detection tests and they will not coercive them.
We have said the idea of ​​rough after talking to an oncologist.
The doctor’s team and staff with vans will be deployed At the airport.
The feasibility of passengers for cancer tests will be corrected based on symptoms.
This initiative will be the first to be implemented at any airport throughout the country.
“The aim to launch this initiative is to spread awareness about this disease, which is not noticed until the patient is sick critical.
Kataria said that local representatives would also be involved in launching initiatives to ensure the benefits of maximum passengers.
The airport witnessed the big footsteps every day after the second wave Covid reduced mostly.
Also, the count will increase once the airport is connected to more places.
“The airport is a major transit place, which can also be used to create awareness about health-related problems.
Doctors will hold counseling sessions for passengers to help them identify health problems,” Kataria added.