Pune district ties up with Tata Memorial Hospital to detect cancer in rural areas
Published: January 26, 2018 5:44 am
Pune health officials and Tata Memorial Hospital plan to launch an ambitious Rs 1-crore project to conduct door-to-door screening of patients to detect cancer in rural areas. Officials will identify symptoms of oral, breast and cervical cancer, said district health officer Dr Dilip Mane. “We have prepared a checklist to help screen and identify the initial symptoms of cancer. These lists will be given to Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers. If ASHA ticks over four to five points on the checklist, then the person will be considered a high risk patient,” said Dr Mane.
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Pune district ties up with Tata Memorial Hospital to detect cancer in rural areas
Source : The Indian Express
