MUMBAI: The state will soon come out with a policy for setting up a cancer treatment centre at government-run J J Hospital, medical education minister Amit Deshmukh told the state council on Tuesday. He was responding to concerns raised about cancer treatment facilities in the city.
He further said that the state was considering a policy to bring medical education within the ambit of essential services. Deshmukh denied reports that pending arrears due to J J Hospital had led to the interruption of services.
As many as 5,727 people in Maharashtra died due to cancer last year, said health minister Rajesh Tope. Replying to a question raised in the legislative council by BJP MLC Niranjan Dhavkhare, Tope said the number of experts treating cancer patients was not sufficient when compared to the state's population.
Tope further said that of the 36 districts in the state, civil hospitals in 11 districts had begun offering chemotherapy treatment. In other districts, the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya scheme covered treatment in private hospitals.
Doctors and staff in 16 districts' civil hospitals had completed their training for cancer treatment at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, Tope said. A similar training for physicians and nurses would be completed in 2020-21, he added.
He further said that the state was considering a policy to bring medical education within the ambit of essential services. Deshmukh denied reports that pending arrears due to J J Hospital had led to the interruption of services.
As many as 5,727 people in Maharashtra died due to cancer last year, said health minister Rajesh Tope. Replying to a question raised in the legislative council by BJP MLC Niranjan Dhavkhare, Tope said the number of experts treating cancer patients was not sufficient when compared to the state's population.
Tope further said that of the 36 districts in the state, civil hospitals in 11 districts had begun offering chemotherapy treatment. In other districts, the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya scheme covered treatment in private hospitals.
Doctors and staff in 16 districts' civil hospitals had completed their training for cancer treatment at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, Tope said. A similar training for physicians and nurses would be completed in 2020-21, he added.
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