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“Aparajita has kindled hope for those without sight,” stated a press release issued by Kashyap Eye Hospital in Rachi, Jharkhand. Her parents belong to Shahdol district but work in Jharkhand.
The Jharkhand government will focus on screening of suspected cases of cervical cancer to prevent the spread of the disease, officials said during an online orientation programme on Saturday.
The state health department also fixed screening targets for district hospitals during the programme.
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“The targets were fixed just to give the initiative a momentum. Otherwise, all suspected patients need to be given proper treatment,” additional chief secretary (health) Arun Kumar Singh, who presided over the programme, told the civil surgeons of various district hospitals.
Though it kills a huge number of women, cervical cancer a tumour of the cervix or the lowermost part of the uterus can be prevented if treated on time, the doctors were told and advised to intensify screening at the government facilities they head.