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India to screen entire population for cancer, heart ailment
Tuesday December 13, 2011 04:59:22 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: India will
be the only country in the world to screen its entire 125 crore
population for prevention of cancer and some other
non-communicable diseases in the next five years, Health Minister
Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
Azad said that the government has already launched a pilot project
across 100 districts in 21 states for prevention and control of
cancer, cardio-vascular diseases, stroke, and diabetes.
"India will be the first country that will screen its entire
population for these diseases. The equipment for screening will be
provided by the union health ministry besides chemotherapy of 100
patients per district at a cost of Rs.100,000," he said.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India
currently has 27 lakh cancer patients while 11 lakh new cancer
cases are reported every year.
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