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Cervical cancer: Jharkhand govt to focus on screening of suspected cases

The Jharkhand government will focus on screening of suspected cases of cervical cancer to prevent the spread of the disease, officials said during an online orientation programme on Saturday. The state health department also fixed screening targets for district hospitals during the programme. Advertisement “The targets were fixed just to give the initiative a momentum. Otherwise, all suspected patients need to be given proper treatment,” additional chief secretary (health) Arun Kumar Singh, who presided over the programme, told the civil surgeons of various district hospitals. Though it kills a huge number of women, cervical cancer a tumour of the cervix or the lowermost part of the uterus can be prevented if treated on time, the doctors were told and advised to intensify screening at the government facilities they head.

Rising long Covid cases a new worry for hospitals

Synopsis Max Healthcare, one of the leading hospital chains, conducted a study and found that Covid-19 had been contracted by patients in almost 40% of the cases. The symptoms lasted for several months after acute Covid-19 illness. Agencies Though the second and more deadly wave of the pandemic is receding across the country, doctors are dealing with rising number of long Covid patients with symptoms like persistent body ache, low grade fever, lung fibrosis, pulmonary embolism and brain fogging in the outpatient departments (OPD) of hospitals. Many have mental health issues including anxiety, depression, confusion and loss of memory, new onset of diabetes and hypertension, several doctors told ET.

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