NewzVille Desk
The Minister of Science & Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, today said that the rising cancer burden in the country calls for a sustained expansion of cancer-care facilities at different levels so that patients can access quality treatment closer to their homes. He said that the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), through Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), is working to take cancer-care capabilities to different parts of the country, with services ranging from cancer treatment and radiation to prevention, early detection, diagnosis and training of medical professionals.
Dr Jitendra Singh also called for cooperation from citizens and society to check malpractices like food adulteration etc that may add to the Cancer burden.
Dr. Jitendra Singh was speaking at the inauguration of the Day-Care Cancer Facility at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Medical College, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh.
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Rajendra Shukla were among the dignitaries present on the occasion.
The facility is being developed with technical support from Tata Memorial Centre, Department of Atomic Energy, as part of a phased effort to strengthen cancer-care services at the medical college.
The Minister said that the Vidisha initiative should be seen as part of a larger national effort under which the Department of Atomic Energy, through Tata Memorial Centre, is developing cancer-care capabilities at different levels according to local requirements. “Somewhere it is cancer care, somewhere it is radiation, and we are also training State-level doctors in cancer management,” he said, stressing the need to take specialised cancer-care capabilities beyond major metropolitan centres.
