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The State authorities is establishing “Pain and Palliative Care Centres”, comprising 5 to 10 beds each, successful teaching hospitals astatine Kurnool, Guntur, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, and Tirupati, said Minister for Health, Medical Education, and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav connected Tuesday (February 03, 2026).
In a property connection issued successful transportation with the World Cancer Day, to beryllium observed connected Wednesday (February 04), the Minister said that measurement person been taken to supply comfortableness and attraction to terminally sick crab patients. He announced that specified centres volition travel up successful each teaching hospitals successful the State successful a phased manner, and that nursing unit are being trained to render services astatine these 5 centres throughHomi Bhabha Cancer Institute successful Visakhapatnam.
The authorities is besides considering the thought of expanding crab attraction services to each territory headquarters, according to the property note. The Minister besides said day-care chemotherapy centres person been made operational successful 23 secondary hospitals, reducing question clip and outgo for patients by making specified services disposable person to their homes.
Giving details astir the fig of crab cases successful the State, the Minister noted with interest that the fig of crab cases being reported successful A.P. has gradually accrued from 25,487 cases successful 2020 to 35,546 successful 2025.
Based connected the recommendations of renowned oncologist and authorities advisor Dr. Nori Dattatreya, a elaborate Cancer Atlas (2021–25) has been prepared utilizing information from beneficiaries who received attraction for crab nether the NTR Vaidya Seva scheme, the Minister said. It was recovered that 64.19% of those who were treated nether the strategy were women, astatine 64.19% and men accounted for 35.82%.
Focussing connected aboriginal detection, the authorities is taking up a crab survey nether which, 1,44,39,648 men person been screened for oral crab and 76,05,540 women person been screened for oral, breast, and cervical cancers successful the State. Out of these, 3,71,757 patients are being evaluated for oral cancer, 1,80,703 for bosom crab and 2,46,190 for cervical, according to the property note.
To code hesitancy among women regarding cervical crab screening, the section has initiated a peculiar invitation programme for women aged 30 and above, according to the property note. Personalised invitation letters specifying the venue, date, and clip of screening are being distributed door-to-door by the wellness staff.
All teaching hospitals successful the State person established a dedicated screening OPD successful Room No. 222, operational each Tuesday and Thursday. These units supply same-day consultations and diagnostic tests with each required specialists disposable astatine 1 location, the Minister said successful the statement, and iterated that nationalist consciousness and prevention are cardinal to combating cancer.
