New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) For addressing childhood cancer the Union government is committed to “break the barrier” in such a way that all of them survive, said L. Swasticharan, Deputy Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under Union Health Ministry, here on Thursday. Speaking at a workshop to shape the roadmap towards a National Childhood Cancer Programme organised by Indian Childhood Cancer Initiative (ICCI), Swasticharan described childhood cancer as the low hanging…
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Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) The Punjab government is actively considering a proposal to allow hospitals in other states to be empanelled to treat childhood cancer patients from the state under the official health insurance scheme, an official said on Tuesday. “Recently, we got an empanelment request from a hospital in Gurugram in Haryana where five Punjab patients were shifted for treatment from AIIMS,” said Dr Gagandeep Singh Grover, Assistant Director, Non-Communicable Diseases, Department…