Dr. Suman Tamrakar of Dhulikhel Hospital, who is leading the team, said that the journey, which began on the morning of Push 17, the first day of the English New Year, will end a month later at Jhulaghat in Baitadi.
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A 1,800-kilometer-long cycling journey on the Mid-Hill Highway has begun, led by two cancer-surviving cyclists from Nepal, with the aim of establishing a treatment support fund for cancer patients.
Led by cancer survivor cyclist Hark Lama and Kavita Chitrakar, the journey began from Chiwa Bhanjyang, the starting point of the Mid-Hill Highway, on the border of Panchthar and Sikkim.
The journey team includes eight cyclists and 16 people, including documentary and medical professionals.
The journey began on the morning of the first day of the English New Year, Push 17, and will end a month later at Jhulaghat in Baitadi, said Dr. Suman Tamrakar, who is leading the team.
The Cycle Culture Community has started the cycle journey in collaboration with Dhulikhel Hospital. Tamrakar said that discussions and interactions will be held with the local level and civil society to raise public awareness against cancer during the journey.
The cyclists and technicians, who started the cycle journey from Chiwa Bhanjyang, have reached Hilihang Rural Municipality after traveling about 50 kilometers on the first day.
The campaign was launched with the aim of raising public awareness against cancer, which has been spreading like a 'chasm fire' in recent times, and to raise funds to provide financial support to patients undergoing treatment, activists said. Dr. Sumanraj Tamrakar, a gynecologist and obstetrician at Dhulikhel Hospital, informed that Rs 4.4 million has been raised so far.
The organizers have stated that the amount received from the cycle ride will be transferred to Dhulikhel Hospital to establish a 'Cancer Patient Support Fund'. According to the organizers, there are 22,000 more cancer patients in Nepal annually, and about 15,000 of them die, according to Dr. Tamrakar.
