World Cancer Day: After battling Covid, hospitals to draw focus back on cancer

By Ashish Srivastava New Delhi, Feb 4 : The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on timely diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases, and preventive care for ailments like cancer is one of the worst hit.
However, since the cases of Covid-19 have started to subside gradually, the need for awareness among the patients has multiplied. In lieu of it, the hospitals have geared up to start awareness campaigns to draw patients’ attention back on cancer treatment.
Suresh Kumar, Director at Delhi’s Lok Nayak Hospital, told IANS that the hospital will start an awareness campaign specifically for cancer patients.
“Cancer patients have now started to visit our centre since we are now available to all kinds of patients. We are going to start an awareness drive to evade the fear of Covid and stress on the importance of early screening among the people,” he stated.
Lok Nayak was recently delisted from the dedicated Covid hospital list by the Delhi government. It had served as a key Covid care centre since the pandemic struck the national capital.
Jagat Ram, Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, told IANS that its departments are coordinating to raise cancer awareness in the hospital.