The biggest door-to-door campaign to
detect cancer at early stage was launched on 30 September 2012 by the
Punjab Government. The Pilot trial of the project will start in Faridkot
district of Punjab from October 2012 for a complete month and will be
implemented across the state in December 2012. The Cancer detection
survey involving fifty thousand personnel aims at detecting the cancer
at its initial stage in a population of over 1.25 crore.
The Chief Minister of Punjab, Prakash
Singh Badal declared during his high level meet of senior officials of
World Health organization, departments of health and family welfare and
medical education and research and more organizations about the official
launch of the project. He also emphasized on the fact that he will not
allow scarcity of funds to effect this prestigious campaign.
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