Tripura launched a assist desk on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Most cancers Centre in Agartala on Thursday to make sure well timed help for most cancers sufferers to use for month-to-month social safety pensions.
Social Welfare and Social Schooling Minister Tinku Roy launched the power to assist eligible most cancers sufferers enrol for a month-to-month pension of Rs 2,000.
The assistance desk is anticipated to finish documentation and enrollment procedures for brand new candidates inside a month to keep away from the harassment of sufferers and delays within the disbursal of pensions.
Most cancers sufferers besides authorities staff and people incomes over Rs 1.5 lakh yearly are eligible for the pension. Practically 4,000 most cancers sufferers get the month-to-month pensions within the state.
Earlier, Chief Minister Manik Saha stated the Atal Bihari Regional Most cancers Centre was the most effective most cancers hospitals within the Northeast. “Our authorities has been working sincerely in direction of strengthening the most cancers therapy service within the state. This illness may be prevented by producing mass consciousness,” he stated.
The chief minister, who additionally holds the well being portfolio, burdened rising consciousness in regards to the lethal illness and urged folks to hunt rapid medical assist in the event that they observe irregular progress of their our bodies.
Former Meeting Speaker Ratan Chakraborty, who additionally chairs the Rogi Kalyan Samiti of the most cancers centre, officers of the departments of social welfare and social training and well being and most cancers sufferers attended the occasion.
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