Lok Sabha Question No. 975 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-29
Subject: Cancer Cases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 975 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH APRIL, 2016

## CANCER CASES

## 975. DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

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

- (a) whether according to WHO, the  cancer cases in India will multiply many times over th decade;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the wide gap between the number of patients and specialists has hit expan sion plans of the Government and private hospitals and the infrastructure for management of India's burden is insufficient causing severe shortage of educated medical and other health pe and the training facilities needed to produce them; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a)& (b): As informed by Indian Council of Medical Research, the report of National Cent for Disease Informatics & Research Centre -National Cancer Registry Programme indicates the change in estimated incidence cancer cases in the next decade in India as under:
- (c)& (d): Cancer can be diagnosed and treated at various levels in the Government hea care  system.  Diagnosis  and  treatment  of  cancer  requires  specialist  doctors,  nurses  an healthcare workers. For doctors, disciplines such as surgery, medicine, radioth , radiodiagnosis,  palliative  care  among  others  are  relevant.  As  such  the  number  of  Allo doctors as proportion of the population in the country is less as compared to WHO norms number  of  radiotherapy  machines  in  the  country  is  less  than  the  norms of  WHO  and International Atomic Energy Agency.

| Estimated Incidence cancer cases in India for all sites (2015 - 2025)-Both sexes   |   Estimated Incidence cancer cases in India for all sites (2015 - 2025)-Both sexes |   Estimated Incidence cancer cases in India for all sites (2015 - 2025)-Both sexes |
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| Year                                                                               |                                                                               2015 |                                                                               2025 |
| All sites of Cancer                                                                |                                                                            1148692 |                                                                            1510396 |

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Government of India has approved 'Tertiary Care for Cancer' Scheme in the year 2013 -14. Under the said scheme, Government of India is assisting to establish/set up State Institutes  (SCI) and  Tertiary  Care  Cancer  Centres  (TCCC)  in  different  parts  of  the  countr These Institutions will mentor all cancer related activities in their respective geograp and  also  enhance  diagnosis,  treatment  and  teaching  capacity. Setting  up  of  National  Cancer Institute at Jhajjar (Haryana) and work of 2 nd campus of Chittranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata is also approved.

In addition to the facilities for Cancer diagnosis and treatment of Cancer by th Governments Health Institutes, the Central Government Institutions such as All India In of  Medical      Sciences,  Safdurjung  Hospital,  Dr  Ram  Manohar  Lohia  Hospital ,  PGIMER Chandigarh,  JIPMER  Puducherry,  Chittaranjan  National  Cancer  Institute,  Kolkata,  etc. provide facilities for diagnosing and treatment of Cancer. These institutions also enh capacity and availability of trained manpower for cancer.

Oncology in its various aspects has focus in case of new AIIMS and many upgrade institutions under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY).

To increase the number of seats in Super speciality course in Medical Oncology, Sur Oncology  and  broad  s peciality  course  in  Radiotherapy,  the  ratio  of  number  of  Post - Graduate (PG) teachers to the number of students to be admitted has been now increased to 1:3 Professor subject to a maximum of 6 PG seats per unit per academic year .

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