Parliamentary panel to review cancer care, organ transplantation, strengthening of Govt hospitals
New Delhi: The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare has selected affordable cancer screening and treatment, human organ transplantation, India's national burden of liver diseases, and the strengthening of government hospitals as key subjects for examination.
According to a Lok Sabha bulletin issued on Thursday, the committee has identified 12 subjects for examination, of which 10 relate to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare while two are of the Ministry of AYUSH.
According to PTI, the panel will examine the latest interventions in affordable cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment, with a focus on proven outcomes. It will also review the management of human organs and tissues transplantation and the existing legislative framework.
Another subject is the strengthening of peripheral AIIMS, primary and secondary healthcare facilities, state government medical colleges and district hospitals.
The committee will further examine India's national burden of liver diseases, with emphasis on the formulation of a national mission for their early detection, screening, diagnosis and treatment.
Other subjects include the implementation of Ayushman Bharat, particularly geriatric care and Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, the functioning of regulatory institutions under the health ministry, global collaboration in health research, medical and allied education, and challenges facing dental education and services.
The committee will also review the National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021.
Under the Ministry of AYUSH, the committee will examine the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of lifestyle diseases through AYUSH systems, besides measures to propagate and popularise AYUSH treatments.
The department-related committees were reconstituted in September and have been selecting subjects for examination over the next one year.
Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav heads the committee.
