NEW DELHI: India has added 30 new most cancers hospitals within the final 9 years, and work is underway on 10 new most cancers hospitals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Sunday.
Addressing the muse stone laying ceremony of Shri Khodaldham Trust-Cancer Hospital in Gujarat through video message, Modi stated remedy of a severe illness like most cancers turns into an enormous problem for any particular person and household. “The government is trying to ensure that no patient faces difficulties in cancer treatment,” the PM stated.

He underlined the significance of detecting most cancers on the proper stage for its remedy. In India, most cancers already begins to unfold by the point the folks of the villages get recognized. To keep away from such conditions, PM stated, the central authorities has constructed greater than 1.5 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs on the village stage the place the emphasis is being laid on the early detection of many severe ailments together with most cancers. “When cancer is detected early, doctors also get a lot of help in its treatment,” he added.
Modi stated that girls have additionally benefited vastly from the efforts of the central authorities as he talked about Ayushman Arogya Mandir enjoying an necessary position within the preliminary detection of ailments like cervical most cancers or breast most cancers.
PM Modi additionally spoke about opening 10,000 Jan Aush-adhi Kendras the place medicines are made obtainable at an 80% low cost.
India recorded an estimated 8 lakh most cancers deaths in 2022, up from 7.8 lakh such deaths recorded in 2021 and seven.7 lakh deaths in 2020.