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Yuvi plan gets delay cancer - Diagnosis centre waits for oncologists

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A.S.R.P. MUKESH Published 27.05.13, 12:00 AM

Noted American novelist Edward Paul Abbey once famously said growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. But for Jharkhand, this aphorism has no value because there is neither growth nor any desire for it. Delay is the canker that has no cure in this state.

The latest casualty of this devil is the free cancer detection centre launched by willow warrior Yuvraj Singh in Hatia, Ranchi. The centre is yet to start functioning almost a fortnight down the line. Why? Lack of logistics support, including dearth of doctors and employees.

A day before the second IPL match in the capital on May 15, the southpaw and a cancer survivor launched this centre for diagnosis and detection of the disease as a mark of solidarity with other victims.

Yuvraj’s initiative YouWeCan and Apollo Hospitals jointly opened the centre to provide free screening and consultation.

Initially, two centres were planned and announced for Ranchi, but owing to space constraints only one was launched.

Officials maintain that it failed to kick off immediately because of shortage of manpower. Despite assurances from officials that “it will start functioning soon”, the project is actually moving at a snail’s pace, a speed Jharkhand is very comfortable with. It is yet to move out of the basic planning level like how many doctors and cancer specialists will be required or how many staff need to be recruited.

“Ever since the news was flashed, people in huge numbers are turning up at the centre, but we are not able to conduct any detection at the moment. We have been told to conduct check-up with the help of local doctors for the time being. But, we feel it is better to wait than to work in haste,” said an official associated with the centre in Ranchi.

For residents, the best they can do is to get their names registered and wait.

The officials added that once the centre starts functioning, they would first contact and invite the registered patients for tests. “We have deputed a couple of officials to note down the details of the visitors,” said the official.

Sanjeet Nayak, an official associated with the project, echoed him.

“We are on a hiring spree that will complete in a day or two. Experts from Calcutta and local doctors will be posted to take care of the project. We are hoping to streamline things by early next week,” Nayak said over phone from Calcutta.

He added that once they were done with their groundwork, they would publish advertisements in local dailies to further generate awareness.

“So far, we have screened 10,000 people in Calcutta since the launch of this initiative. And we are committed to screen at least 1,00,000 people this year,” he said.

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