Cancer patients get Rs 200,000 for treatment abroad

Nearly 1,500 new cases of cancer and 950 deaths due to cancer are reported each year. Twenty-five children were diagnosed with cancer. This is or 1.7 per cent of the 1,500 total cases. This is according to the latest figures provided by the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life. From 2005 to 2008, 96 [...]

19 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily