Chief Minister Raman Singh claimed on Sunday that cancer is indeed a critical disease, but new discoveries in medical science have made the treatment of cancer disease possible.
“This disease is no more incurable. Ambedkar Hospital in capital city of Raipur now has all the modern facilities available for cancer treatment,’’ Singh opined while addressing the inaugural programme of cancer diagnosis lab, established by a private organisation in Samta Colony.
He stated, “any person suffering from cancer disease, should deal with it with courage and go for treatment as soon possible. Cancer can be cured completely. People from other states also visit Chhattisgarh for cancer treatment in Ambedkar hospital of capital city,’’.
Ambedkar hospital has modern equipments along with the facility of chemotherapy. In this hospital, state government is providing free of cost facility for chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody therapy etc. It also has the facility of cancer surgery.
Singh further said, Rs Rs state Government is committed to provide best possible facilities to common people for treatment of various diseases. Even in the remote areas, state government has facilitated medical equipments,’’.
He added, Rs Rs it is an achievement for our state. I congratulate the directors for this diagnosis lab, and for providing first of its kind facility in Chhattisgarh.
This lab will help in detecting cancer and its location in the body of the patient, and make it easier to find out the stage of cancer so that accordingly chemotherapy can be planned,’’. He said that this facility will be provided under Chief Minister Health Security Scheme as well at a minimum cost. In the programme, Member of lok Sabha Ramesh Bais also addressed the programme.
Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, School Education Minister Kedar Kashyap, MlA Shrichand Sundrani and other public representatives and local citizens were present.