
Cancer care badly hit during pandemic at Kidwai: Report
The Hindu
February 4 is World Cancer Day
The COVID-19 pandemic had a considerable impact on the cancer care facility with number of registration, diagnosis and treatment being badly hit at the State-run Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.
According to data from the institute, there was a 29% reduction observed in 2020 compared to 2019 in terms of new registrations. While follow-up visits were hit by 26%, the number of surgeries reduced by 42%. The number of radiotherapy fractions delivered and chemotherapy treatment fell by 14.5% and 38% respectively in this period.

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of a notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which had complained about disturbances caused to people residing in the localities around the National Public School situated in Rajajinagar 5th block due to use of loudspeakers with high volume in the school and parking of school buses in residential areas.












