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Dip in surgeries, delayed diagnosis, treatment: Cancer care hit since outbreak of pandemic
Two years of the pandemic have severely hampered cancer treatment, resulting in a delay in seeking care and diagnosis, surgeries being pushed back, and patients discontinuing treatment, experts said this World Cancer Day.
“When there is a surge, and related lockdowns or hospital closures for other treatments, patients who have already been diagnosed and are under treatment falter, miss schedules, and sometimes completely give up treatment. We have seen that compliance falls in such situations. Then, there are patients who have symptoms but do not or cannot seek timely care. By the time they are diagnosed, they are at advanced stages of cancer and the prognosis is poorer,” said Dr Prashant Mathur, director of ICMR’s National Center for Disease Informatics and Research.
Mystery of 3,005 logs found buried at Delhi Golf Club remains unsolved
The Crime Branch’s probe into the alleged illegal cutting of trees at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) appears to have hit a dead end, after the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun said the number of trees that were cut down and their age can ‘t be determined based on the 3,005 logs found buried on the premises.
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