Year 2025

Education and Training

• 8th International Cancer Congress
• Breast Self-examination training: Female Community Health Volunteers (FCHVs) in JKP SMC ward no. 24 & 25 trained on breast self examination.
• Awareness & Education on Hypertension and Ostomy care to the locals of JKP SMC 24 & 25.
• Nurse Training: Three-months intensive GI Oncology + Ostomy Care Nurse training to one nursing staff from December 2024 until March 2024).
• Oncology Nurse Training: continued

• Lohana Health Camp: Cervical cancer, breast cancer and oral cancer screening. 244 individuals served.
• Basahiya Health Camp: Cervical cancer and breast cancer screening. 121 individuals served.

Year 2024

• Regular health awareness camps along with continued hospital services.
• 7th International Cancer Congress
• Oncology Nurse Training: Oncology Nurse Ms. Judy Delismon from University of Washington, Seattle, USA collaborated with other oncology nurses in the USA to provide 6 online training in 2024 to the nurses of BTFCC. 

Year 2023

• Continued health awareness camps and regular hospital services.
• 6th International Cancer Congress

Year 2022

• Health camps conducted in Janakpurdham SMC ward no. 25 and Loharpatti Municipality in Mahottari district. School health awareness camps along with oral cancer screening conducted in various high schools in Janakpurdham.
• Gynecology and NICU started.
• Ground breaking ceremony – for the establishment of 200-bed Cancer Hospital in Janakpurdham, the first in Madhesh Province.
• One lab technician sent to Institute of Medicine Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Maharajgunj, Kathmandu for an intensive Histopathology technician training for 15 days. 
• Establishment of General Surgery Department.
• Started Histopathology service – the first Histopathology lab in Janakpurdham.
• Establishment of Head & Neck Oncology Department.
• The 5th International Cancer Congress conducted at Hotel Sita Sharan, Janakpurdham. Faculties from USA, India and Nepal spoke on a range of oncology topics.

December 2021

One Nurse and one anesthesia technician sent to Shankhush Medicity, Gujrat, India for 3 months intensive training on Head & Neck Cancer Surgery Nurse training and OT technician training respectively. 

October 18, 2019

October is breast cancer awareness month. The Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center in Janakpur, Nepal, organized the region’s first ever Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on October 18th, 2019.  Nearly 200 participants including the local Health Minister of Province 2 of Nepal, Mr. Nabal Kishor Sah, the Mayor of Janakpur, Mr. Lal Kishor Sah, surgical oncologist  Professor Y.P. Singh, and BTF President Dr.Binay Shah, participated in the walk.  

Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers among Nepali women, however, due to lack of awareness and access to care, most women are diagnosed at a very late stage with poor outcomes. The BTFCC aims to reduce mortalities and morbidities associated with breast cancer and many other cancers through early diagnosis, treatments, and supportive care.

Late August, 2019

Three Washington Nurses and several other volunteers from Seattle area recently traveled to the Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center (BTFCC) in Janakpur, Nepal in late August to volunteer and train the staff there. 

Tina Hoxie, a nurse navigator at PeaceHealth United General Medical Center in Sedro Woolley, WA traveled to the Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center (BTFCC) in Janakpur, Nepal in late August along with Jacob Hoxie, Mason Bakke, and Nikki Hoestra of Anacortes, WA. Oncology nurses Leeann Nakken and Mary Rogers visited the Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center in mid-October and provided training to the staff.  In low income countries like Nepal, these kinds of continuous training and guidance from experienced providers from the United States and other parts of the world will significantly improve quality of care and  help patient outcomes.

April 11, 2019

Surgical services and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) started at the Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center. The BTFCC has full time surgeon, anesthesiologist, oncologist, MDGP physician, and a team of qualified medical officers, nursing staff, lab and other support staff to provide high quality care to our patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

December 27, 2018

Our physicians saw several patients this week including many cancer patients. Cancer patients from the region who are currently receiving treatment at cancer centers outside the province visited the center this week for follow up, and BTF president Dr. Binay Shah examined and advised those patients. One of our oncologists, Dr. Abish Adhikari, started his oncology clinic at BTFCC this week, and Dr. Birendra Yadav, another one of our oncologists, will start his oncology clinic on December 29. We also purchased an electrocariogram  (ECG) machine, and several other equipment this week.

In addition to the progresses made at the cancer center, the BTF co-founders traveled to Dharan, Nepal and signed a historic memorandum of understanding with the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal to provide mutual support to each other to develop cancer and palliative care services in the region. News coverage about this collaboration can be found here.

December 20, 2018

The BTFCC goes all-digital this week with the implementation of our own electronic health record BTFConnect for patient health record and reporting, as well as Ujeli, Growthzilla’s POS system, for patient scheduling, billing, and inventory management. BTFConnect helps improve patient care by aiding shared decision making & continuity of care through follow up, and minimizes errors related to missing or illegible reports and records. With the implementation of Ujeli, patients don’t have to queue up for hours for services; they can simply make an appointment by calling the cancer center and come at the time of their appointment.

We also started ultrasound services at BTFCC this week utilizing our two state-of-the-art ultrasound machines from Canada.

December 17, 2018

This past week has been a busy one for the BTFCC staff as they set up the new cancer center equipment and furniture and open the center for 24-hour emergency care and in-patient services. Dr. Derrel walker has been busy preparing policies and procedures for the hospital and training the staff on palliative care.

BTF co-founders Dr. Binay Shah and Tara Shah also arrived in Janakpur this week to support the development of the Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center. We will be holding the 2nd annual oncology and palliative care conference in Janakpur tomorrow which is expected to be attended by more than 75 physicians in the area.

December 7, 2018

Dr. Derrel Walker, a Binaytara Foundation board member and a hospice and palliative care physician based in Boise, Idaho, has arrived in Janakpur to help with training of physicians and staff, and to streamline the BTFCC’s palliative care services.

The Binaytara Foundation Cancer Center (BTFCC) has moved to Janakpur, Nepal, the capital city of Province 2. The center currently provides cancer prevention, early detection, and palliative care services. Clinical laboratory, radiology, chemotherapy. surgery, and other services will start in late December 2018 to early January 2019.

The center was previously located in Ramgopalpur, about 15 kilometers west of Janakpur, but moved due to operational difficulties.