Health
Cancer treatment centre in every district
State Government has plans to extend its support for treatment of the menacing disease cancer. Cancer treatment centre in all 30 district Headquarters of the state will be set up with chemotherapy and palliative care facilities in attendance of specialized doctors. Government is also pondering over the proposition of making cancer treatment free. It can be added here that the Government has accorded priority for the treatment of cancer as 50% of the cancer is treatable and number of cancer patients in Odisha has been increased to 15 Lakhs.
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