Fujifilm India, Max Healthcare provide fellowships in breast imaging
As a part of its association, Max Hospital, Saket and Fujifilm India are training doctors in advance diagnostics and spreading awareness about early detection of breast cancer
In line with their collaboration last year, Fujifilm India and Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket will provide fellowships to train doctors in breast imaging and advance diagnostics.
The brands organised a felicitation ceremony to celebrate the success of their pilot project and provide a certificate of completion to Dr Pragya Garg, MD, who has proficiently completed her fellowship in radio-diagnostics. With the triumph of imparting awareness and education around breast cancer to doctors who enrolled under this programme, the team under the guidance of Dr Bharat Aggarwal, Director – Radiology Services, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket and Dr Harit Chaturvedi, Chairman – Max Institute of Cancer Care will be taking this initiative forward and providing training to many other candidates in the field.
Doctors are being trained in breast mammography, breast MR and breast ultrasound techniques for six months through the Max-Fujifilm Collaboration fellowship programme. The programme is training two select radiologists per year towards the early detection of breast cancer.
Commenting on the association, Haruto Iwata, MD, Fujifilm India said, “Our association with Max Super Speciality Hospital is a collective step to reduce gaps in breast cancer outcomes and boost access to breast health services in India. Our fellowship programme is a platform for better engagement, advocacy and dissemination of information to improve the effectiveness of independent and collaborative activities. At the same time, our efforts will be catalysing greater investment and contribution to breast health and paving the way for future generations through our program. In our partnership of over a year, we have developed educational resources and assisted doctors and health planners to identify bottlenecks in the delivery of breast health care and determine appropriate interventions.”
Chander Shekhar Sibal, Executive Vice President & Head of Medical Division, Fujifilm India said, “This collaboration is a landmark in the history of healthcare in India, delivering the best quality of healthcare at the most accessible level and optimising healthcare services for the well-being of patients. With the growing incidence of breast cancer in the female community, healthcare providers must deliver the safest and most reliable early detection screening facilities that can continue to save lives. In line with our fellowship programme, we are making continuous efforts to raise awareness among women about breast cancer and impart training around diagnostic techniques.”
Dr Harit Chaturvedi, Chairman, Max Institute of Cancer Care stated, “Cancer incidence is on the rise and breast cancer is, unfortunately, leading this acceleration. We
