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Saturday, January 29, 2011

In world's largest exercise, govt to screen 20cr people for ailments

NEW DELHI: Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said 20 crore people would be scanned for diseases of heart, kidney, besides diabetes, for timely treatment.

"This largest-ever exercise in the world was being undertaken as India was emerging as the hub of cancer and diabetes," Azad said. "In all, more than 20 crore people would be screened across 100 remote districts in the next 14 months," Azad announced at the Jammu Press Club.

The government, he said, will provide treatment to the tune of Rs 15 lakh to patients of heart, kidney, eye and skin diseases. Azad said to meet the shortage of teachers in medical colleges his ministry would stress on increasing the number of seats for MD to 10,000 within three years.

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