ANN Service Mangaldai
MANGALDAI:: Green, flowery environment and ‘C’ vitamin rich fruit may help cancer patients to ease off their pain a little bit. Believing in it, local NGO Crystal Vision synchronizing the World Environment Day planted saplings here in the campus of the newly built Darrang Cancer Centre ( DCC ). In their decade long uncut initiative, the NGO members planted different varieties of ornamental and fruit saplings including Peacock Flower, Royal Poinciana, Golden Shower, Indian Gooseberry and Jacaranda . Several prominent persons like Nirmali Devi Sharma, chairperson, Mangaldai Municipal Board ( MMB) , Dr Harpal Sing Suri, Joint Director of Health Services, Darrang, Dr Nirmal Kumar Beria, Additional Chief Medical and Health Officer ( Addl CM&HO) , Darrang, Dr Saidul Islam, Dentist, DCC , Hiranya Kr Nath, nature conservationist , Subrata Sil, member ,MMB and Angel Daimary, Head of Nurses, DCC took part in it .
The celebration also featured speech by Mayukh Goswami, president of Crystal Vision on the theme ‘ Only One Earth” . In the beginning the guests were greeted each with a ‘Neem’ sapling and a gamosa. This was followed with an anti tobacco campaign as a part of the ‘ World No Tobacco Day ” celebration under the aegis of the ” District Tobacco Control Cell ” ( DTCC). Participating the campaign as resource persons , Nodal Officer of DTCC, Darrang Dr N K Beria and senior dental consultant of DCC ,Dr S Islam explained how our environment has to take a serious burden due to the use of tobacco in the world and urged upon the people to help the environment healthy by throwing away tobacco. Dr Beria emphasized early declaration the area of each health institution including DCC as the ‘no tobacco zone’ . Besides the staff of the cancer hospital, representatives of the urban local body, traders, student organization and VDP volunteers took part in the campaign.
