Telangana launches cancer registry to track new cases
Hyderabad: Telangana Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha on Tuesday declared cancer a notifiable disease and launched a cancer registry, a step aimed at helping the government develop better plans to control its spread.
The minister noted that about 55,000 to 60,000 new cancer cases are being reported in the state every year. He said every cancer case would be registered with the announcement of cancer as a notifiable disease.
The cancer registry is expected to provide the government with accurate data for preparing better plans to deal with the spread of cancer, he said.
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According to the PTI report, observing that the state government has expanded healthcare to treat cancer by establishing Day Care Cancer Centres in district headquarters towns, he said the government is conducting health checks for 46 lakh members of women self-help groups (SHGs).
He said the government would start Regional Cancer Centres and take measures to detect diseases like cancer through AI.
The minister said this while attending World Health Day celebrations and inaugurated a LINAC (Linear Accelerator) in the cancer block of the state-run Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here, an official release said.
The health minister launched several initiatives, including a comprehensive trauma care policy designed to help victims of accidents and other emergencies.
The health department entered into an agreement with AstraZeneca for conducting lung cancer screening, using AI in 20 government hospitals.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced that the completion of multispecialty hospitals in Warangal and the state capital will add 10,000 beds to the state public health system. During the Question Hour in the assembly, Reddy also stated that the health department is developing a website to allow non-resident Telangana doctors to register to volunteer their services to hospitals in the state when they visit home.
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