Christian and Muslim organizers of the free mammography camp at the Church of Pakistan's Central Cathedral of Praying Hands in Lahore. (Photo by Kamran Chaudhry)
A women's group is conducting free mammography camps in Pakistan to counter a high level of breast cancer deaths.
"Women's diseases are generally neglected in our society," said Alice R. Garrick, director of the Church of Pakistan's Women Development and Service Society (WDSS) in Raiwind Diocese.
Garrick was speaking at the end of a two-day mammography camp on March 1 at the Central Cathedral of Praying Hands in Lahore.
More than 50 women, aged above 40, were screened inside a fully equipped van parked in the compound of the Anglican Church.
Two doctors from Lahore's Cancer Care Hospital and Research Center conducted the tests.
Pink Ribbon Pakistan, a group that helps cancer patients, says Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia.
Every year 40,000 women are killed by breast cancer in Pakistan and approximately 90,000 new cases are diagnosed.
WDSS plans to hold similar tests in other Punjab cities in coming months.