Chandigarh – Marking World Most cancers Day, Haryana Extra Chief Secretary, Well being & Household Welfare, Dr. Sumita Misra, mentioned that Day Care Most cancers Centres (DCCCs) have began performing from right this moment at 22 District Civil Hospitals throughout the state, considerably strengthening decentralised most cancers care and bringing important providers nearer to sufferers’ houses. Earlier 5 such centres had been operational within the 5 districts specifically Ambala, Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Yamunagar and Faridabad.
Dr. Misra said that these centres are envisaged as decentralised most cancers care amenities aimed toward enhancing accessibility, affordability and continuity of most cancers therapy nearer to sufferers’ houses. By enabling supply of those providers on the district degree, the initiative seeks to reduce the necessity for repeated referrals to tertiary care establishments for routine and follow-up interventions, she added.
Talking in regards to the newly operational Day Care Most cancers Centres, Dr. Misra mentioned these amenities will present follow-up chemotherapy in HUB and Spoke mannequin with NCI Jhajjar, PGIMS Rohtak, Sarvodaya Hospital Faridabad and ACCC Ambala Cantt appearing as HUBs.
Dr. Misra mentioned most cancers has quickly emerged as a serious explanation for mortality and illness burden within the nation, affecting folks throughout all age teams, genders and geographic areas. She famous that most cancers impacts not solely the economically productive inhabitants but in addition the rising aged inhabitants, making early detection, well timed therapy and long-term help vital public well being priorities.
She highlighted that underneath the Nationwide Programme for Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Ailments (NP-NCD), the Well being Division is intensifying consciousness campaigns on most cancers threat elements and wholesome existence to cut back illness burden. Observances akin to World Most cancers Day and Nationwide Most cancers Consciousness Day are used to sensitise residents about wholesome consuming habits, common bodily exercise, and the dangerous results of tobacco and alcohol consumption.
Dr. Misra mentioned that screening for frequent cancers is being carried out in any respect Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, Main Well being Centres, Neighborhood Well being Centres, Sub-Divisional Hospitals and District Civil Hospitals throughout Haryana. Suspected instances are confirmed by way of amenities akin to FNAC, Pap smear, fluid cytology and biopsy, which can be found at a number of district-level hospitals.
She additional knowledgeable that the Atal Most cancers Care Centre (ACCC) at Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt. is a singular, state-of-the-art facility offering complete most cancers care on the secondary degree. The centre gives chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgical oncology providers and is supplied with superior know-how together with a Linear Accelerator, CT Simulator and Brachytherapy items. Between January and December 2025, greater than 20,016 sufferers attended the OPD at ACCC, 2,743 sufferers obtained chemotherapy by way of 3,829 chemotherapy periods, whereas 396 mammography checks, 237 brachytherapy procedures and 721 surgical procedures had been efficiently carried out.
To cut back the monetary burden on sufferers, Dr Misra mentioned that free journey facility is being offered to most cancers sufferers together with one attendant. Below this initiative, the variety of Free Journey Facility playing cards issued has steadily elevated from 7,617 in 2022–23 to 9,408 in 2023–24 and 10,102 in 2024–25, reflecting rising outreach and utilisation.
She additionally identified that the state authorities supplies month-to-month monetary help of Rs. 3,000 to Stage III and IV most cancers sufferers whose annual household revenue is under Rs. 3 lakh. Up to now, 5,807 most cancers sufferers have been lined underneath this pension scheme by way of the SEWA Division.
Talking in regards to the newly operational Day Care Most cancers Centres, Dr. Misra mentioned these amenities will present follow-up chemotherapy, palliative care, symptom administration, supportive care providers and structured post-treatment follow-up consistent with authorised medical protocols. She mentioned the initiative, introduced within the Price range speech of the Chief Minister, Sh. Nayab Singh Saini represents a serious step in the direction of accessible, patient-centric most cancers care in Haryana.
