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Urologists hail govt’s health insurance scheme
Some Delhi based urologists on Tuesday hailed the governments health insurance scheme, saying it would make treatment of all urological disorders, including prostate cancer, easier for the poor and weaker sections
New Delhi: Some Delhi-based urologists on Tuesday hailed the government's health insurance scheme, saying it would make treatment of all urological disorders, including prostate cancer, easier for the poor and weaker sections.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) under the Ayushman Bharat Mission will cover treatment of all urological disorders, including prostate cancer, and this will immensely help patients from poor and weaker sections who had so far neglected the critical disease due to unaffordable cost of treatment, said Dr. Anup Kumar, Head of Department of Urology and Renal Transplant at Safdarjang Hospital.
"Under PMJAY, the government, in consultations with healthcare providers, has fixed up charges for treatment for all urological disorders and that will be reimbursed by the insurers.
Due to lack of awareness in rural areas people tend to ignore prostate problems and now with PMJAY in place, many people can avail treatment for prostate cancer which is the second largest cancer in the country (in terms of prevalence)," Kumar said.
Prevalence of prostate problems in India is progressively rising and the experts recommended targeted or smart screening to diagnose prostate cancer in early stage and cure the disease.
"The cancer projection data shows that the number of cases will double by 2020. Delhi Cancer registry shows cancer of the prostate is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer among men in Delhi where incidence of cancer is 10-12 per cent and after oral cancers, prostate is the leading problem," Kumar said.
