With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to inaugurate Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre at Mohali in Punjab on Wednesday, officials said the health facility is significant due to reports of increasing cancer prevalence in parts of the state.
They noted that treatment of cancer under 'Ayushman Bharat', a health insurance scheme for the poor, has been a prime focus of the central government to safeguard people catastrophic expenditure of cancer treatment.
Health insurance cover of ₹5 lakh per family per year is provided for secondary or tertiary care hospitalisation, they noted. A total of 435 procedures, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy packages, have been defined for the treatment of cancer along with surgical oncology, they added.
