Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Sudha Murthy while replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Parliament session on Wednesday.
PM Modi said, “I thank Sudhaji for raising a relevant issue on cervical vaccination for women.”
Philanthropist and author Sudha Murty on Tuesday pressed for a government-sponsored vaccination programme to combat cervical cancer.
In her maiden speech in the Rajya Sabha, she also pitched for promoting domestic tourism.
Murty was nominated by the President to the upper house on the eve of International Women’s Day.
“There is a vaccination which is given to girls, between the age of nine to 14, known as a cervical vaccination. If the girls take that, it (cancer) can be avoided … we should promote vaccination for the benefit of our girls because prevention is better than cure,” Murty said.
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