Health Minister launches cancer screening vans under CAPS

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Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh speaking successful  New  Delhi.

Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh speaking successful New Delhi. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO

Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh connected Wednesday said the authorities is strengthening crab power and prevention efforts by expanding entree to affordable investigating and expanding consciousness to beforehand aboriginal detection.

He was speaking astatine the motorboat of the Cancer Awareness, Prevention & Screening Programme (CAPS), which focuses connected accessible and affordable screening, peculiarly for women. “Many radical acquisition tests very late, which makes attraction much difficult. Along with awareness, we volition behaviour screening tests truthful that patients tin be identified at the earliest signifier and treated effectively. We are besides readying to present vaccination for cervical crab precise soon truthful that radical tin payment and beryllium protected,” the Minister said.

The inaugural includes mobile crab screening vans equipped with mammography and HPV DNA investigating facilities. Mr. Singh besides unveiled a self-testing kit that allows women to cod a vaginal swab illustration and spot it successful labelled vials for HPV DNA investigating done RT-PCR. Test reports volition beryllium shared wrong a week, followed by medical consultation and recommended treatment, where required. 

Published - February 05, 2026 12:54 americium IST

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