HITAISHINI is a voluntary non-profit Breast Cancer Support Network, the first of its kind in Eastern India. It is a forum member of Reach-to-Recovery International, head-quartered in Queensland, Australia and one of the founder members of Cancer Care India, New Delhi. Its member volunteers comprise breast cancer survivors and socially committed women. It runs Breast Clinics, attached to Hospitals and Cancer Centres in and around Kolkata, to provide psychological, emotional, medicinal and rehabilitative support to women afflicted with breast cancer. HITAISHINI also conducts Awareness Camps, Seminars, Workshops and 'Walks' to propagate knowledge about breast cancer among the masses.
Hitaishini organizes various programs throughout the year giving message to the public about breast cancer.
The exact cause or causes of breast cancer remain unknown. Yet scientists have identified a number of risk factors that increase a person's chance of getting this disease. Certain risk factors, such as age, are beyond our control; whereas others, like drinking habits, can be modified.
Age, Previous Breast Cancer, Family History Of Breast Cancer, Genetic Mutations.
If you are blessed with the gift of time, please use it to help us. Our volunteers include survivors and some socially committed women from all walks of life. Volunteers can choose to volunteers 2-3 days a week for about 2 hours each day. We are spread across the city, making it easier to select a convenient location for you.
This year Rose day was celebrated on 23rd of September, as 22nd was a Sunday . All the volunteers of Hitaishini. assembled at Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital at 11 am in the morning with the boxes of gift bags. Some doctors and sisters of the hospital together with our volunteers distributed the gifts among all the cancer in-patients of the hospital . The total number of patients was 150.
we inform about the death of Sutapa Majumdar an Executive Member of Hitaishini who passed away on 12th May, 2023 with prolong illness. Inspite of her ailment she was cheerful and energetic. We will miss her more than words can express. She joined Hitaishini in her early twenties after her recovery from breast cancer and served the organization as a very active volunteer for more then twenty years.
On 7th August 2024, Rotary Club of Chowringhee organised a breast cancer awareness camp at Uluberia, Howrah. Hitaishini conducted the programme amidst a large number of villagers specially girls and ladies.
