Meenakshi Mission Hospital’s Pan-India Car Rally on Childhood Cancer Ends in Madurai after Covering 10,000 km Across 15 States

The Car Rally covered distance of 10,000 kilometers across 30 cities in as many days, from Madurai in the South to Srinagar and Leh in the North. The Car Rally was flagged off from Madurai (Tamil Nadu) on Apr 27th, 2019, by the hospital’s chairman Dr. S Gurushankar. This is the first time in India that a month-long car rally has been conducted to create awareness about the curability of childhood cancer and help reduce its incidence. June 8, 2019: Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre (MMHRC), the biggest hospital in South Tamil Nadu with 1,000 beds, organized a month-long pan-India car rally for spreading awareness about childhood cancer. This first-of-its-kind mass connect initiative for the disease covered 15 states of India, travelling more than 10,000 kilometers. The rally, that began from Madurai in end of April, travelled all the way up to Laddakh and Srinagar and back again to Madurai, passing through 30 cities across the country in a period of 30 days. ...