Kathmandu, May 3: Minister of State for Women, Children and Social Welfare Mrs Kamala Panta recently inaugurated the tenth annual general meeting of the Lalitpur Chapter of the Nepal Cancer Relief Society (NRCS).

At the function, Minister of State Mrs Panta said that the government was committed to extending necessary co-operation to generate public awareness for the prevention and control of cancer.

Officiating secretary of the branch Madan Krishna Shrestha presented the progress report of 1998-99 and treasurer Kedar Karki the budget for 2001-02 at the general meeting.

Central president of the society Hari Prasad Paudel also expressed his views on the occasion.

Dr. Anjani Kumar Sharma and Dr. Rajendra Prasad Baral shed light on treatment and prevention of cancer, Dr. Santosh Man Shrestha on hepatitis “B” and “C” and Japanese acupuncturist Daisuke Yasioka on acupuncture at the programme.   President of Lalitpur Chapter of the NCRS Dhruva Bahadur Raut presided over the general meeting.

Meanwhile in Biratnagar, at its general meeting here recently, Patrakar Kalyan Kosh, Morang elected Prahlad Prasad Sah as the chairman of the Kosh board of directors unopposed.

Likewise, Keshav Bahadur Karki, Thakur Dev Dhungel and Mohan Bhandari have been elected vice chairman, secretary and treasurer unopposed respectively. Its members are Shyam Kumar Adhikari, Mulchand Tapadiya and Yagya Sharma.