The Rotary Club of Surrey-Newton organized a free Oral Cancer Screening camp for the local community at the Pacific Oral Health Centre in Surrey. The event was organized with the help of BC Oral Cancer Prevention Program and the Pacific Oral Health Centre, Surrey. Doctors and health professionals from University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University also participated in the event. Many dentists and Oral Hygienists from the local community also volunteered their services for this event. About 400 community members were screened for Oral Cancer at the camp today. Multiple patients were referred for advanced screenings and many full blown cases of Oral Cancer were detected. Along with screening for Oral Cancer, participants were also educated and counseled on Oral Health best practices and a variety of their individual concerns and questions were addressed. Biopsies for patients needing advanced screenings will be done without charge and they jumped the queue by years to get advanced treatment at specialist clinics. Dr. HarinderDhanju of the Pacific Oral Health Centre in Surrey, who hosted this event at his clinic, said that this non-profit organization was set up with the purpose of providing low cost care to vulnerable and low-income individuals and families. He also stressed the need to bring academic and research specialists to the doorstep of the community and to the people who need their expertise the most.
