Cancer Patients Treatment

Some of the diseases’ are not only deadly but to get treatment of it is very costly affairs in the country as in the country everybody has not benefit of insurance, so lack of it for the categories of mediocre and lower sections of society, treatment of cancer its puncture very deep into there pockets whenever somebody in there family or near or dear ones becomes victim of cancer, so financial assistance from central government or state government is big relief for both the categories, unfortunately few areas of Punjab state are cancer prone disease due to infected water which is not recommended by experts to intake by human beings as it can make body victim of deadly and costly disease of cancer and if it trace in the initial stage then it can be curable through treatment and at later stage of treatment patients have to go through for chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Recently Punjab state has announced financial helps of rupees 1.5 lakhs for the treatment of cancer to its residents which they will get after completing few formalities and it is applaudable that task is not complicated or tedious to get financial help from Punjab state government.
     In all, there are around 200 different types of cancer that can affect the human body. A large percentage of people will be affected by some form of cancer or other in their lifetime. Some types of cancer are more serious than others. Some can be treated more easily than others, and the survival rate varies among types. There are two general categories of cancer. Carcinomas are cancers that develop on the surface linings of the organs. Sarcinomas are cancers that develop in the cells. Sarcinomas affect solid tissues such as muscle and bone. They can also develop in the vessels. The human body is made up of tiny cells. Each of these cells contains genes. Proteins inside these genes regulate the division and multiplication of the cells. If a gene becomes damaged, the cells can continually grow and divide without stopping. If too many of these damaged cells form together, they can grow into a tumor. Tumors can either be malignant or benign. Malignant tumors are the serious cancers. They can multiply and spread throughout the body's tissues and organs. Not all types of cancer form tumors. Cancers of the blood, such as leukemia, attack other areas of the body through the bloodstream.
     Punjab state has constituted committee for Chief Minster Cancer Relief Fund. Recently appointed health and family welfare minister of Punjab Mr. Satpal Gosai has declared that now every cancer patient of the state is entitle for the financial help of rupees 1.5 lakhs from state government and this announcement is certainly relief for score of cancer patients that belong to average income class group and for them its really very costly liabilities to get treatment of their near ones. Mr. Gosai announced that for Chief Minister Cancer Relief Fund state level committee has been constituted and it contains Chief Minister, Health Minister and Principle Health Secretary.

• How to get financial help?
• Person victim of cancer disease will have to hand over his/her request letter to civil surgeon of his /her district which will be put in the district level committee, on the recommendation of civil surgeon concerned district letter will be send to health director, then the amount will be send to the concerned hospital from where patient get his/her treatment, private hospitals have to adjust the amount of treatment as per government rates, only term in this regard is that patient who apply for financial help from state government he/she should not entitle or claim for any other insurance policy.

Just recently government of India also announced financial help of rupees one lakh for medicines of chemotherapy under Cancer & Noninfectious Diseases’ Control Programme of country to 100 patients of 100 districts from 22 states are entitle to get financial help. For Cancer, diabetes, heart disease and brain hemorrhage Control 100 districts of 21 states hospitals common diagnosis services’, general surgery and chemotherapy treatment are available. As per officials every districts will get chemotherapy medicines for one patient, hence 100 districts 100 patients will be benefited every year for this as one crore fund is fix.
     Initiatives of Punjab state government and central government towards cancer patients of the state is a applaudable steps as it will help lot of cancer patients of the state to get required treatment which they shun in he past due to lack of money, hence suffer mentally and physically, with Chief Minister Cancer Relief Fund now it can end unnecessary burden on to cancer patients and their relatives.