Beacon Pharma Stresses Lung Health Awareness & Cancer Prevention.

Beacon Pharmaceuticals, one of the leading drug makers in Bangladesh, underscored the need to raise awareness among the public about lung problems and to promote better health until death.

The call for greater awareness of the lungs and their rapid swelling came during a seminar held on September 26 in Dhaka, marking World Lung Day 2021.

Beacon Pharmaceuticals, the only ontological drug producer in the country, arranged the programme at its Motijheel Corporate office, where experts from various hospitals and institutions participated.

On 25 September 2017, World Lung Day was formally observed for the first time worldwide, and the Bangladesh Lung Foundation is the only organization to have signed the charter.

Since then, World Lung Day has been observed on September 25 every year worldwide to raise awareness among the public about the lungs, their complications, and the rapid recovery from lung-related diseases.

To mark the day, Beacon Pharma held the seminar titled “Know Your Lung” with Mohammad Ebadul Karim, managing director of the company, in the chair.

Taking part in the discussion, Prof. Dr. Md. Rashidul Hassan, former president of the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), thanked Beacon Pharma for organizing the discussion.

Such a programme will help people become aware of and educated about lung health and its diseases, and will also provide a guideline to reduce the risk factors for lung diseases, he said.

Citing several public welfare activities of the company, Rashidul Hassan, also the former president of Bangladesh Lung Foundation (BLF), said Beacon Pharma steps forward when people become disoriented during the outbreak of new diseases like coronavirus.

While addressing the seminar, Ebadul Karim, called upon people to breathe clean air and take regular exercise, staying away from tobacco items to keep their lungs healthy.

To reduce lung-related diseases, Ebadul Karim recommends community action and public education on the lung cancer risk factors.

He said his company has developed several medicines, including cancer treatments, to serve people, and that these medicines have benefited many people at home and abroad.

Lung cancer remains a topic for concern as it is 25 percent responsible for all cancer-related deaths.

According to the World Health Organization, each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and liver cancers combined.

In 2020, there were 2.21 million new cases of lung cancer and 1.80 million deaths worldwide, and the rate of lung cancer is dropping now because of the tobacco cessation efforts.