A recent study published in the Lancet predicted that cancer cases in India would increase to 2.08 million, accounting for a rise of 57.5 per cent in 2040 from 2020. In India, over 8 lakh deaths were caused due to Cancer in the year 2022. Late detection of cancer remains the main cause of death.
But an MOU for the purpose between the gas relief department and AIIMS, Bhopal, management could not be signed till now, thereby depriving the cancer patient gas victims of free treatment at AIIMS. Oncology department in Bhopal memorial hospital & research centre (BMHRC) is closed and none of the gas relief hospitals of the state government have the facility to treat cancer patients.
The state’s “scary” health report indicates that 26.4 per cent of Goans are diabetic and 20.3 per cent are prediabetic, said the head of the endocrinology department of GMC, Dr Ankush Desai, on Friday. He said government can tackle the crisis with comprehensive diabetes care.
This industry-academia partnership will also enhance pharmaceutical education and research opportunities for DPSRU students. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Dr Harvinder Popli, Registrar & Dean - DPSRU and Arushi Jain, Director, Akums.
The summit organised under the auspices of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) focussed on the theme 'Shree Anna,' in alignment with the ongoing International Year of Millets 2023.
The partnership with RGCB will introduce advanced technologies like 10X Chromium, Illumina Novaseq, Nanopore Gridion, and various allied infrastructures to facilitate processing and expediting samples from the southern part of the country.
According to officials close to the development, the initiative aims at boosting entrepreneurial spirit among the state’s medical students through a two-pronged approach. Students will be provided monetary incentives along with mentorship and guidance on startups that cater to societal and medical field needs. The initiative will also extend help to healthtech entrepreneurs on collaborations with hospitals and medical colleges for testing and certification.
The technical advisory support would cover various areas of the healthcare ecosystem, including the work on addressing the skill gap in specialised branches of medical care. Moreover, the initiative would involve establishing a Centre of Excellence for renal sciences at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), the first medical college in the state.
In his letter to Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Mandaviya said healthy children and youth are the foundation of a healthy nation. The introduction of Shree Anna, which is an important part of India's culinary heritage, would ensure that school-going children and the youth receive wholesome and nourishing food.
2500 workers would first undergo a stringent session wherein their knowledge in basic nutrition and other health aspects would be analysed following which 250 workers will be shortlisted for the second round of intense training and create master trainers.
As part of the MoU, Boehringer Ingelheim India through the ANGELS initiative will equip hospitals with capacity building of multidisciplinary stroke teams to access valuable resources including educational materials, standardisation tools, consultancy support, and a quality monitoring process.
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