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LetterPublished in The National UAE on 12Jan 24 Bravo to the blind women in India helping detect cancer With regard to Taniya Dutta's article Blind women in India help doctors detect early stage breast cancer (December 25): This was a fascinating report. I hadn't heard of the concept of medical tactile examiners. It's laudable how Noorunnissa and her colleagues help women diagnose cancer early and at a treatable stage. We clearly need more of these examiners. There were 178,361 cases and 90,408 deaths from breast cancer in India in 2020. Despite their vision loss, that people can go on to embark on noble careers is amazing. Noorunnissa is one of 18 certified medical tactile examiners. More power to them and the state should support them in all the ways they need and develop this programme to reach hospitals across the country. Awareness of their existence and expertise should be spread around the world. K Ragavan, Bengaluru, India