India
pti-PTI
More
than
14,500
women
in
Maharashtra’s
Hingoli
have
been
detected
with
“cancer-like
symptoms” during
screening
under
the
Sanjivani
scheme,
state
health
minister
Prakash
Abitkar
informed
the
assembly
on
Thursday.
A
total
of
2,92,996
were
surveyed
since
March
8
there
during
which
they
had
to
answer
a
questionnaire
related
to
cancer
symptoms,
Abitkar
said
in
a
written
reply
in
the
House.
“Out
of
these,
14,542
women
were
detected
with
cancer-like
symptoms.
So
far,
three
have
been
diagnosed
with
cancer
of
the
uterus,
one
with
breast
cancer
and
eight
with
oral
cancer
after
screening
and
tests.
The
campaign
in
Hingoli
was
an
initiative
of
the
district
collector
for
early
diagnosis
and
treatment
of
cancer,” he
said.
The
minister
also
said
there
is
no
proposal
to
set
up
a
separate
cancer
hospital
for
women,
though
he
added
that
health
camps
and
screenings
are
held
in
rural
areas
for
diagnosis
of
cancer.
Diagnostic
facilities
are
provided
at
district
hospitals
and
medical
college
hospitals
and
‘cancer
warriors’ trained
by
Tata
Memorial
Hospital
visit
11
district
hospitals
twice
every
month
with
experts,
the
minister
informed
the
assembly.
Day-care
chemotherapy
centres
have
started
at
eight
district
hospitals
and
the
process
to
establish
these
in
all
districts
is
underway,
Abitkar
said.
