Telangana declares cancer as notifiable disease and launches cancer registry

Key facts

• Telangana Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha declared cancer a notifiable disease and launched a cancer registry on Tuesday.
• About 55,000 to 60,000 new cancer cases are reported in the state annually.
• Every cancer case will now be registered under the notifiable disease notification.
• The cancer registry will provide accurate data for better cancer control planning.
• The state government has established Day Care Cancer Centres in all district headquarter towns.
• Health checks are being conducted for 46 lakh members of women self help groups (SHGs).
• The government will start Regional Cancer Centres and use AI for disease detection.
• A LINAC (Linear Accelerator) was inaugurated in the cancer block of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad.
• A comprehensive trauma care policy was launched for accident and emergency victims.
• The health department signed an agreement with AstraZeneca to conduct AI-enabled lung cancer screening in 20 government hospitals.