Haryana to Carry Out Health Campaign

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said that to detect various diseases in people and to find out their relevant causes, screening of people would be carried out across the state. Also, free treatment facility would be provided to the people, Vij said. The Minister said that for cancer treatment, third Cancer Care Center was being established in Ambala which would have best cancer treatment facility. He said that cancer patients of the state would not face any inconvenience in this Center. The Health Minister further said that as per World Health Organisation, there should be one doctor over 1000 persons whereas in our country, there is one doctor over 1800 persons. Therefore, to meet the shortage of doctors in the state, recruitment of 995 doctors have been done, he said. Apart from this, it has been made compulsory that doctors studying MBBS in medical colleges of Haryana would have to serve within the state. A notification in this regard would soon be issued, he added. – Daily Pioneer