Cancer Disease In J&K On The Rise

Alarming are the compiled figures of the people in Jammu and Kashmir having been consumed by the deadly disease of cancer as is indicated by the reported deaths of 17000 just in a short span of two years. Not only this, startling figures as reported are of over 850 fresh cases every year, it could be more as most of the patients prefer to get ‘treated’ in hospitals in Chandigarh, Delhi and other places in the country. Medical facilities that could take on this disease spreading like an epidemic in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir are minimal, even the equipment and specialists are scant in number. A fresh appraisal, a complete review and required decisions are all needed to address this killer disease. First of all, let there be created an air of identifying this problem, knowing its general causes (though specific causes have remained away from the medical science) and taking stock of how much were we equipped with the matching infrastructure to deal with this frightening disease.