Dinesh Gundu Rao unveils Bengaluru-Declaration of FICCI Cancer Care task force
Calls upon government leaders, health policy-makers as well as industry to partner for significantly reducing the Karnataka cancer burden, promote greater equity, and integrate cancer control into the state health and development agenda.
City Air News
Sep 16, 2023 03:34
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Bengaluru, September 16, 2023: Dinesh Gundu Rao, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, unveiled a comprehensive Nine-Target strategy as part of the Bengaluru-Declaration of FICCI Cancer Care Task Force. This initiative is dedicated to significantly reducing premature deaths caused by cancer, improving the quality of life as well as elevating cancer survival rates in the State.
The event was graced by U T Khader Fareed, Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly , Dinesh Gundu Rao, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka,, Anil Kumar T K IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, Raj Gore, Co-Chair, FICCI Task Force Cancer Care and CEO, Healthcare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), Srimayee Chakraborty, Partner-Healthcare, EY Business Consulting, India , D Randeep, Commissioner, Health and Family Welfare Services, Government of Karnataka, Dr Ritaz Basha, Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka and Mr R Ramesh Babu of the State Government of Andhra Pradesh and Dr. Vishal Rao, Group Director for Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Robotic Surgery at HCG Cancer Centre, Bengaluru were also present on the occasion.
Significant recommendations were shared by Dr V Lokesh, Director, Kidwai Institute, Bangalore; Dr Rakesh Mittal, Oncologist, Member of Management Committee, Indian Cancer Society, Karnataka; Vineet Gupta, FICCI Task Force on Cancer Care & Director-Government Affairs, Varian Medical Systems International India; Aditi Mehta, Category Lead, Oncology, Pfizer India and others.
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