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President for new approach to cancer treatment

By Our Special Correspondent

The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, being received at the Jaipur airport by the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, on Sunday. — Photo: Gopal Sunger

JAIPUR DEC. 22. The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, today called for a new approach to cancer treatment so that the patients could get all the attention and care — physical and emotional. "Cancer poses one of the most challenging healthcare problems of our times. In the case of cancer the suffering is not confined to the patient alone. It engulfs the entire family," he said.

Dr. Kalam was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for India 2002 here, jointly organised by the Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (BMCH&RC) and the Indo-American Cancer Congress.

"I have come here to share the pain of Rajasthan's people suffering from drought and the pain of cancer patients," Dr. Kalam said. His two-day tour of the State started this morning. Prior to the meeting he went round the hospital wards chatting and sharing a few moments of togetherness with cancer patients. "Suffering and salvation are the work of God almighty," he said in his address later.

The Rajasthan Governor, Justice Anshuman Singh, the Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, and leading cancer specialists, including Praful Desai from the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, and clinical professor from the George Washington University, M.B. Pillai, attended the function. The seminar signals the start of global cooperation in fighting cancer in India.

Mr. Gehlot said cancer treatment should be both accessible and affordable to the poor. All the six medical colleges in Rajasthan had cancer treatment facilities and 10 districts here had facilities for cancer detection and treatment, he said.

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