India's Cancer crisis: Padma Shri Indian American Oncologist offers 5-point 'Panchamrit' solution
Observing that the Central Government and most of the State governments have subsidised cancer care for cancer treatment, he said that these programmes should also include subsidised cancer screening. This will incentivise people to go for free cancer screenings.;
Washington: In a move to tackle the growing burden of cancer in India, an eminent Indian-American Radiation Oncologist Dr Dattatreyudu Nori has offered a five-point solution, which he calls Panchamrit. Prominent among them include declaring cancer a notifiable disease, subsidising cancer screening, and establishing a command-and-control centre.
"We should get accurate cancer incidence and prevalence data, like in the US. Cancer should be considered a notifiable disease. This will help to identify high-density areas and how to allot resources," Dr Dattatreyudu Nori told PTI in an interview.
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Recipient of the 2015 Padma Shri awardee for his contributions to the field of medicine, Dr Nori noted that since the establishment of the National Cancer Institute of India in 2018, significant progress has been made. But this is not enough, he asserted. Compared to the US, we have a late start in creating NCI hence the important programmes have to be put on a fast track and accelerated path. Worried about the status of cancer disease in India, Dr Nori said he has shared his solution mechanism to decision-makers in India.
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