Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Damodar Rout on Wednesday said the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases and Strokes (NPCDCS) will be implemented in five more districts, Cuttack, Khordha, Ganjam, Sambalpur and Rayadada soon.
Talking to mediapersons, Dr Rout informed that the programme was earlier launched in Nuapada, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Koraput and Bolangir districts on an experimental basis.
He said facilities like critical care unit, six-bed ICUs, day care unit for cancer patients and sophisticated laboratories would be opened in all the five district headquarters hospitals under the programme. A total of Rs 7 crore would be spent for providing the facilities to each of the hospitals.
The Health Minister said the programme would be implemented in all the 30 districts of the state in phases during the 12th Five Year Plan.