Lok Sabha Question No. 131 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: New Cancer Centers
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 131 TO BE ANSWERED ON   15 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## NEW CANCER CENTERS

## 131. SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT: DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government have any proposal to set up request for new cancer centers across the country including Chhattisgarh if so, the details thereof, State -wise and location - wise;
- (b) the expenditure likely to be incurred therein along with the schedule for setting up of these cancer centers;
- (c) whether the Government have made any survey in connection with the cancer patients in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  wh ether  the  Government  has  any proposal/plan  to  make check - up mandatory for  all  to regulate cancer in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the plan is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a)& (b): Government of India is implementing Strengthening of Tertiary Care for Cance scheme under National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabete s, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS). Under the scheme, it is envisaged to supp the establishment of State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (T in different parts of the country. The maximum permissible assistance for SCI is Rs.120 crores and for TCCC is Rs.45 crores, which includes State share of 40%, except for North - Eastern and Himalayan States where the State share is 10%. The broad objective of the scheme is to de capacity  for  tertiary  care  for  cancer  in  a ll  States  so  as  to  provide  universal  access  for comprehensive cancer care.

Till date, 59 proposals for setting up of SCIs and TCCCs have been received from States including Chhattisgarh. The details thereof, State - wise and location - wise is at Annexure .

(c): The  National  Cancer  Registry  Programme  being  implemented  by  National  Centre  for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR), Bengaluru, under the aegis of Indian Council Medical  Research  (ICMR)  provides  the  estimates  about  cancer  patients  in  th e  country.  The systematic collection of data on cancer is being carried out by various Cancer across Ind the Indian Council of Medical Research's National Cancer Registry Programme since 1982. The data collected by Cancer Registries is published in form of consolidated reports periodically by National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research -National Cancer Registry Programme. The statistical summaries provided indicate the magnitude and patterns of cancers in the areas of the country.

(d) &(e): Presently,  there  is  no  proposal/plan  to  make  check  up  mandatory  for  all regulate cancer in the country. However, the objectives of NPCDCS being implemented und National  Health  Mission  (NHM)  for  interventions  upto  district  level  include  aw areness generation for Cancer prevention, opportunistic  screening, early detection and referr appropriate level institution for treatment. The focus is on three types of cancer name cervical and oral cancer.

A  population  level  initiati ve  of  prevention,  control  and  screening  for  common  NCDs (diabetes, hypertension and cancer viz. oral, breast and cervical cancer) has been roll over 100 districts of the country in 2017 - 18 under NHM, as a part of comprehensive primary healthcare. The  screening  activity  will  generate  awareness  on  risk  factors  of  common  NCD including cancer as such.

List of proposals received for setting up of SCI and TCCC under Strengthening of Tertiary Care Centre facilities scheme of National  Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS).

|   Sl. No. | States/UTs       | Tertiary Care Cancer Centre (TCCC)                                                                                                 | State Cancer Institute (SCI)                                                                             |
|-----------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   | A.C. Subba Reddy Government Medical College, Nellore                                                                               | Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool                                                                         |
|         2 | Assam            | Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh                                                                                                   | Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati.                                                            |
|         3 | Bihar            | 1. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical college, Bhagalpur 2. Dharbhanga Medical College, Dharbhanga                                           | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RCC), Patna                                                 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh     | Central Hospital, SECL, Manendragarh, District Koriya                                                                              | Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur                                                     |
|         5 | Delhi            | Lok Nayak Hospital (Maulana Azad Medical College)                                                                                  | NIL                                                                                                      |
|         6 | Gujarat          | 1. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot 2. Government Medical College and SSG Hospital, Vadodara                     | Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (RCC), Ahmedabad                                                       |
|         7 | Goa              | Goa Medical College, Panaji, Goa.                                                                                                  | NIL                                                                                                      |
|         8 | Haryana          | 1. Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt                                                                                                    | NIL                                                                                                      |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh | 1. Indira Gandhi Medical College (RCC) Shimla 2. Lal Bahadur Shastri Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Mandi                       | NIL                                                                                                      |
|        10 | Jammu & Kashmir  | NIL                                                                                                                                | 1. Government Medical College (RCC) Jammu 2. Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences(RCC), Srinagar |
|        11 | Jharkhand        | Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College , Jamshedpur                                                                               | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences , Ranchi                                                          |
|        12 | Karnataka        | 1. Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya 2. Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga                                | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (RCC), Bangaluru                                                   |
|        13 | Kerala           | Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode                                                                                                   | Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram                                                               |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh   | 1 G. R. Medical College, Gwalior 2. District Hospital, Vidisha                                                                     | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur                                                     |
|        15 | Maharashtra      | 1. Vivekanand Medical Foundation & Research Centre, Latur 2. Rashtrasant Tukdoji Regional Cancer Hospital &Research Centre, Nagpur | Government Medical College, Aurangabad                                                                   |
|        16 | Manipur          | Regional Institute Of Medical Sciences (RIMS) , Imphal                                                                             | NIL                                                                                                      |
|        17 | Nagaland         | District Hospital, Kohima                                                                                                          | NIL                                                                                                      |

| 18    | Mizoram       | Civil Hospital Aizawl                                                                                                                                                                          | NIL                                             |
|-------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 19    | Orissa        | 1. Burla Medical College (Dist. Sambalpur) 2. Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College Hospital, Berhampur 3. District Hospital, Bhawanipatna, District Kalahandi                     | Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack                 |
| 20    | Punjab        | 1. District Hospital , Hoshiarpur 2. District Hospital, Fazilka                                                                                                                                | Government Medical College, Amritsar            |
| 21    | Rajasthan     | 1. S. P. Medical College, Bikaner 2. Jhalawar Hospital and Medical College, Jhalawar,                                                                                                          | SMS Medical College, Jaipur                     |
| 22    | Sikkim        | Multispecialty Hospital at Sichey, Sikkim                                                                                                                                                      | NIL                                             |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu    | NIL                                                                                                                                                                                            | Cancer Institute (RCC) Adyar, Chennai           |
| 24    | Telangana     | NIL                                                                                                                                                                                            | M. N. J. Institute of Oncology (RCC), Hyderabad |
| 25    | Tripura       | NIL                                                                                                                                                                                            | Cancer Hospital(RCC), Agartala                  |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh | 1. Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 2. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AMU Aligarh 3. Institute of Medical Sciences (BHU) Varanasi 4. Government Medical College, Jhansi | Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital (RCC), Allahabad  |
| 27    | Uttarakhand   | Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun                                                                                                                                              | Government Medical College, Haldwani            |
| 28    | West Bengal   | 1. Government Medical College, Burdwan 2. Murshidabad Medical College& Hospitals 3. Sagore Dutta Memorial Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata                                                | NIL                                             |
| Total | Total         | 39                                                                                                                                                                                             | 20                                              |