Five years and more than 31,000 deaths in Punjab due to cancer

The findings of the door-to-door health campaign by the state Department of Health Punjab in December 2012 in order to diagnose cancer in its early stages were reveled in the second week of January 2013. The report of the Health Department of Punjab found that more than 31,000 deaths in the state due to cancer in the past five years.

The Report

During the door-to-door campaign to identify the deadly cancer in its first phase, the Ministry of Health has certainly succeeded in more than 80,000 patients with suspected cancer. The identified patients would be examined to confirm the findings.

Cover 2.48 crore population workouts 47.69 lakh houses were checked first stage. State has a total of 54 lakh houses and a total population of 2.73 crore people. The remaining population will be examined for cancer its next phase.