Under NPCDCS, 708 District NCD Clinics, 301 District Day Care Centres, and 5671 Community Health Center NCD Clinics set up
The Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS), as part of National Health Mission (NHM), based on the proposals received from the States/UTs and subject to the resource envelope. Cancer is an integral part of NPCDCS. The programme focusses on strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, health promotion & awareness generation for Cancer prevention, early diagnosis, management and referral to an appropriate level of healthcare facility for treatment of the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including Cancer. Under NPCDCS, 708 District NCD Clinics, 301 District Day Care Centres, and 5671 Community Health Center NCD Clinics have been set up.
The Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India implements “Strengthening of Tertiary Cancer Care Centres Facilities Scheme” to assist States/UTs in setting up of State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) in different parts of the country in order to enhance the facilities for tertiary care of cancer.19 State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs) have been approved under the said scheme. The State/UT wise list of approved SCIs/TCCCs is at Annexure-1.
There is also focus on Oncology in its various aspects in case of existing and new AIIMS and many Institutions approved for upgradation under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY). The details are attached in Annexure 2. National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar (Haryana) and second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata are also steps in this direction.
The Department of Atomic Energy has established cancer centres in Kharghar, Varanasi (two), Guwahati, Sangrur, Visakhapatnam, New Chandigarh and Muzaffarpur. The Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai is also providing services for cancer care.
Annexure -1
Table of SCIs/TCCCs:
1 Andhra Pradesh Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool SCI
2 Assam Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati SCI
3 Bihar Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna SCI
4 Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur SCI
5 Delhi Lok Nayak Hospital TCCC
6 Gujarat Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad SCI
7 Goa Goa Medical College, Panaji TCCC
8 Haryana Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt TCCC
9 Himachal Pradesh Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla TCCC
10 Himachal Pradesh Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Medical College, Mandi TCCC
11 Jammu & Kashmir Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar SCI
12 Government Medical College, Jammu SCI
13 Jharkhand Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi SCI
14 Karnataka Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (RCC), Bengaluru SCI
15 Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya TCCC
16 Kerala Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram SCI
17 Government Medical College, Kozhikode TCCC
18 Madhya Pradesh G.R. Medical College, Gwalior TCCC
19 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur SCI
20 Maharashtra Rashtrasant Tukdoji Regional Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Nagpur TCCC
21 Government Medical College, Aurangabad SCI
22 Vivekanand Foundation & Research Centre, Latur TCCC
23 Mizoram Mizoram State Cancer Institute, Aizawl TCCC
24 Nagaland District Hospital, Kohima TCCC
25 Odisha Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack SCI
26 Punjab Government Medical College, Amritsar SCI
27 Civil Hospital, Fazilka TCCC
28 Rajasthan S P Medical College, Bikaner TCCC
29 SMS Medical College, Jaipur SCI
30 Jhalawar Medical College & Hospital, Jhalawar TCCC
31 Sikkim Multispecialty Hospital at Sochygang (Sichey), near Gangtok, Sikkim TCCC
32 Tamil Nadu Cancer Institute (RCC), Adyar, Chennai SCI
33 Telangana MNJ Institute of Oncology & RCC, Hyderabad SCI
34 Tripura Cancer Hospital (RCC), Agartala SCI
35 Uttar Pradesh Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow TCCC
36 Uttarakhand Government Medical College, Haldwani SCI
37 West Bengal Government Medical College, Burdwan TCCC
38 Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Berhampore, Murshidabad TCCC
39 Sagore Dutta Memorial Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata TCCC
Annexure 2
Table 1: Cancer Treatment Facility is approved in all New AIIMS
1 Bhopal
2 Bhubaneswar
3 Jodhpur
4 Patna
5 Raipur
6 Rishikesh
7 Raebareli
8 Mangalagiri
9 Nagpur
10 Kalyani
11 Gorakhpur
12 Bathinda
13 Guwahati
14 Bilaspur
15 Deoghar
16 Jammu
17 Kashmir
18 Madurai
19 Rajkot
20 Bibinagar
21 Manethi
22 Darbhanga
Table 2: List of State Govt. Medical Colleges approved for upgradation with Cancer Treatment Facility
Phase-I
1 Jharkhand
RIMS Ranchi
68 bedded Oncology Block
Phase-II
2 Punjab
Govt Medical College Amritsar
Oncology
3 Himachal Pradesh
Rajendra Prasad Govt. Medical College, Tanda
Oncology
Phase-III
4 Karnataka
Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli
Medical Oncology
5 Rajasthan
SP Medical College, Bikaner
Surgical Oncology
6 Rajasthan
RNT Medical College, Udaipur
Radiotherapy/Oncology
7 Telangana
Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal
Medical Oncology
8 Uttar Pradesh
Govt Medical College, Gorakhpur
Surgical Oncology
9 Uttar Pradesh
M.L.N Government Medical College, Allahabad
Surgical Oncology
10 Uttar Pradesh
LLRM Medical College, Meerut.
Radiotherapy
Phase-IV
11 Uttar Pradesh
Govt Medical College, Agra
Radiation /Medical Oncology
12 Bihar
Patna
Radiotherapy (equipment)
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
