Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust and Poriborton Kori Foundation signed an MoU, on 30 September at the BANCAT Head Office, Gulshan. Under the agreement, BANCAT and PKF will work in collaboration on the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. The awareness campaign is scheduled for the entire month of October – as it is celebrated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust (BANCAT), in partnership with International Medical Information Centre (IMIC) has launched Warriors Club, a support group for cancer survivors at an event at The Daily Star Centre yesterday.
The club is meant to be a source of emotional, mental and spiritual support for cancer patients. Club members will support patients suffering from cancer and their families through a monthly event.
The aid trust s Executive Chairman, Barrister Sarwat Siraj launched the club virtually. This initiation of the Warrior s Club will play a leading role in cancer awareness and prevention in Bangladesh, she said.
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Buoyed by his first attempt of supporting a leukemic patient in need of funds, Mr. Najmus Ahmed Albab lobbied harder for more donations and turned this personal initiative into a foundation, the Bangladesh Cancer Aid Foundation (BANCAF), in 2011.
As the foundation s impact on the society grew bigger and greater, Mr. Ahmed realised that it needs to be turned into a formal organisation and accordingly, the foundation was legalised as a trust and Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust (BANCAT) was born in 2019.
BANCAT is a nationwide, community-based, voluntary organisation dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by prevention and diminishing suffering through education, advocacy, and service. Mr. Ahmed brought 14 other like-minded individuals on-board as t rustees, many of whom had been indirectly affected by cancer. BANCAT provides financial assistance and emotional support
An ordinary man with an extraordinary story
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It started out as a high fever that would not subside. So, Mr. Najmus Ahmed s family had him admitted to a hospital in Bangladesh. Thinking it was just dengue, he remained optimistic. But a few days later, in March 2011, he was transferred to Parkway Cancer Centre (PCC) in Singapore.
He awoke in a haematology ward and he said recalling, I was clueless when I met Dr. Teo. But he informed me that I had the best type of leukemia possible as it was the most treatable.