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The minister also said there is no proposal to set up a separate cancer hospital for women, though he added that health camps and screenings are held in rural areas for the diagnosis of cancer.Diagnostic facilities are provided at district hospitals and medical college hospitals and 'cancer warriors' trained by Tata Memorial Hospital visit 11 district hospitals twice every month with experts, the minister informed the assembly.Day-care chemotherapy centres have started at eight district hospitals and the process to establish these in all districts is underway, Abitkar said.- EndsTune InMust Watch

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