Arunachal Pradesh announces new cancer hospital
Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister Alo Libang announced plans for a new cancer hospital aimed at making the state ''cancer-free.'' The announcement was made during the inauguration of a three-day cancer detection and awareness camp in Ziro. This camp was a collaborative effort involving various organizations and saw over 1,200 attendees registering for free cancer screenings. Preliminary results detected 22 suspected cancer cases.;
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister Alo Libang on Saturday divulged that a full-fledged cancer hospital is in the offing which would help make Arunachal 'a cancer-free state'.
“A full-fledged cancer hospital with requisite staff and technologies is in the pipeline, and I am sure, we will soon have our own cancer hospital to make Arunachal Pradesh a cancer-free state,” said Libang.
He was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the three-day cancer detection and awareness camp at St Claret College auditorium at Ziro in Lower Subansiri district in presence of local MLA cum Agriculture Minister Tage Taki and other dignitaries.
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The camp was organized by the State Cancer Society of Arunachal Pradesh, Dr B Barooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, and the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast in collaboration with Lower Subansiri District Administration and the District Health Society, official sources said.
The Health Minister also informed that similar camps would be held in Papum Pare and Pasighat where “cancer cases are also high”. He assured to take up with the state government the demand of Tani Supun Dukung (TSD), the Apatani apex body, for construction of a 10-bedded tertiary cancer hospital at Gyati Takka General Hospital (GTGH), Ziro.
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