Cancer detection vans to test tribal women in Maharashtra

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 08 Januari 2014 | 22.23

MUMBAI: Suresh Shetty Maharashtra health minister on Monday said that Breast cancer has risen in rural areas too. And in a move to spread awareness and help women in remote areas the state has launched a new scheme. "Fully equipped cancer detection vans will go to every village and test women for breast cancer," the minister said while launching a book Fit at 40 written by well known gynaecologist Dr Rishma Pai in the city.

"This is a progressive scheme," he said to a packed hall and added that Maternal mortality rate was down to 87 per lakh of patients from 107 making Maharashtra second in the rankings. Kerala though is still number one with the lowest rates. "However, Kerala is a smaller state with a smaller population," he said. The rate dropped due to a serious crackdown by state on illegal sonography clinics, Shetty said.

Women in villages tend not to complain about their health issues much, they don't visit doctors for health check ups, said Shetty. But cases of breast cancer have increased in villages too and is not an urban lifestyle concern alone. Medical health centres are not easily accessible to women in rural areas in the state and the vans would be of immense help said a doctor present at the event.

Dr Pai who in a succinct page-turning paperback has answered what every women must know about their health, said women after 40 must compulsorily get tested for breast cancer because between ages 40 and 59 the risk has gone up to 1 in 25. Upto age 39 the risk usually is 1 in 231, she said. But added that the most common cancer among women in India is cervical cancer.


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