Pink Bus With Mammography Facility At Maha Kumbh

On Tuesday, 21 January 2025, the Math of Kerala at the Maha Kumbh is running a pink bus to facilitate breast cancer detection in women. Spiritual leader Mata Amritnanadamayi is guiding this facility.

Sant Brahmarishi Eknath, associated with Maa Amritanandamayi Math, told news agency PTI that the bus with the mammography facility had been prepared for Rs. 4 crore. It has all the equipment required for breast cancer screening.

He said that women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer after the age of 40. If detected in the first stage, it can be treated at a lesser cost at Maa Amritanandamayi Hospital in Faridabad.

Sant Brahmarishi Eknath also said that many women are hesitant to get breast cancer checked. Therefore, Amma sent this bus for women for the first time in Maha Kumbh. It was inaugurated in Faridabad in 2022.

"Amma has also put a mobile mini hospital bus into service. This bus has an X-ray facility, pathology lab, minor operations, and treatment facilities. This bus has been connected to the main hospital through satellite with the help of ISRO so that doctors of Faridabad can guide from there," he said.

He informed that in addition to this, 50 paramedical staff have come from Faridabad and Cochin and are serving in this camp and the hospital built in the fair.