As many as 44,248 persons were detected HIV positive and, of them, 6,844 died by February 2018 in the State, informed Health Minister Pratap Jena in the State Assembly recently.
In response to a question of BJD MlA Priyadarshi Mishra, the Minister stated that the detected HIV positive persons included 25,654 adult males, 15,743 adult females, 1,574 male children and 1,277 female children. Similarly, the persons who died due to the disease includes 4,902 adult males, 1701 adult females, 138 male children and 103 female children.
Notably, the HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the cause of this deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in humans.
In a related question of BJP MlA Dilip Ray, the Minister informed that a total of 1,92,930 persons were detected as cancer patients in the Out Patient Department (OPD) of the Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre (AHRCC)since 2014 till now and, of them, 84,970 were admitted to the Indoor Wards. Of 84,970 patients, 2,113 have died.
While 485 persons had died in 2014, 496 died in 2015, 508 in 2016, 502 in 2017 and 122 died till now in 2018.
There are 281 beds and 82 sanctioned doctor posts in the AHRCC. However, 30 doctor posts are lying vacant, informed the Minister.