To check the menace of cancer in the state, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday gave his nod to the launch of a month-long door-to-door campaign to create awareness among the people about the disease.
The project — State Wide Awareness and Symptom Based Early Detection Door to Door Campaign — will begin in Faridkot district from October 2 on a pilot basis. This will later be extended across the state in December. The project will cater to more than 1.25 crore people and involve over 50,000 personnel.
Expressing satisfaction over the recently held mega medical camps in Malwa belt, Badal said that such camps will be replicated in the border and Kandi areas, where the people were living in extremely difficult conditions especially owing to inaccessible medical services.
Badal also directed Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa to immediately release funds to the health and family welfare department so that medical colleges across the state can ensure quick treatment to cancer patients.
Principal Secretary (Health and Family Welfare) Vinni Mahajan said: “There were certain bottlenecks in the disbursement of Mukh Mantri Cancer Rahat Kosh Funds. Necessary steps to make it more patient-friendly and hassle free have been initiated... There will now be no gap in treatment between the time when cancer is diagnosed and the start of treatment, as the amount from Rahat Kosh will be granted from the date of final diagnosis.”
The department has also prepared a plan to drastically reduce the cost of cancer drugs by inviting tenders for generic versions of the requisite drugs.
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