Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said awareness and early detection of widely prevalent common cancers in the state would go a long way in containing the dreaded disease.
"Awareness and early detection are the best ways to contain cancer," said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi while inaugurating a Special Cancer Detection Camp at the Government-run Mohendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital here today.
"Prevention is better than cure. Early diagnosis will help to cure the disease resulting in longevity of life to the afflicted persons," he said.
The Chief Minister asked the officials of the health department to continue with the awareness campaign for early cancer detection to arrest the high incidence of the disease in the state.
"Raising awareness on cancer will make people aware about the benefits of early detection and ways to facilitate cancer treatment and cure. Awareness on cancer that it is curable if detected at a nascent stage has to be a continuing process," Gogoi said.
The state government has accorded top priority to the health sector and initiated a host of schemes in scaling up health infrastructure.
"A sea-change has taken place in the health sector. However, the state has still miles to go on this front," he added.
The Chief Minister underscored the need for extending basic health care and services to the poor people, especially in the remote and far-flung areas of the state.
Steps have to be initiated to tone up the health sector in terms of improvement of infrastructure, strengthening the number of doctors and para-medical staff by filling up of vacant posts, making available medicine and others, he said.
