The Punjab Government announced setting up of Chief Minister Cancer Relief Fund (Rs 1.5 lakh) to provide help to cancer patients.
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Satpal Gosain said today that requests for the fund would be scrutinised by a high-powered committee that would sanction the grant on the recommendations of the Civil Surgeon concerned. The applicant would have to mention the expenditure expected on treatment.
After sanction from the committee, money would be transferred directly to the hospital by cheque or draft. In case of any emergency, this fund would be disbursed directly on obtaining the Chief Minister’s nod.
The minister said the Punjab Government was committed to providing the latest facilities for the treatment of cancer and two cancer hospitals were being constructed at SAS Nagar, Mohali, and Bathinda at a cost of Rs 200 crore
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