-The Telegraph IIPS researchers say their analysis of data from the National Family Health Survey 2019-21 has indicated abysmally low screening rates New Delhi: Less than 3 per cent of women aged 30 to 49 years and eligible for breast and cervical cancer screening under updated 2016 guidelines from the Union health ministry have reported being tested for either cancer, health researchers have found. The researchers at the International Institute of Population Sciences...
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Parliamentary panel calls for free cancer treatment -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph Committee asks govt to take steps to strengthen radiotherapy facilities in the country, expressing concerns about inadequate infrastructure A parliamentary panel has asked the Centre to provide free cancer treatment to middle-class households through a government-funded health insurance scheme and to cap cancer diagnostics and treatment services in government and private hospitals. The parliamentary standing committee on health has also called on the government to take steps to strengthen radiotherapy facilities...
More »35 of 46 who died of Covid-19 in Delhi between January 5-9 were not vaccinated
-IANS/ The New Indian Express The national capital so far has recorded a total of 70 Covid deaths in this month. NEW DELHI: As per the Delhi health department data, out of the total 46 deaths recorded between January 5 to 9 in the national capital, 11 people were vaccinated with both doses of vaccines against Covid-19. The national capital so far has recorded a total of 70 Covid deaths in this month....
More »Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report
The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...
More »Excess deaths in Tamil Nadu over four times official COVID-19 tally -Srinivasan Ramani and Ramya Kannan
-The Hindu 60,773 more fatalities during second wave. The number of “excess deaths” registered by the Civil Registration System (CRS) in Tamil Nadu ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit (from April 2020 to May 2021) is 6.2 times the official reported figure of 24,232 deaths. But in data accessed by The Hindu, the CRS recorded the number of deaths due to COVID-19 as 35,807 (14,652 in 2020 and 21,155 till May 2021),...
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