SC Told Some States Still Not Reporting Cancer Cases Uniformly
What Happened
The Supreme Court was informed that some North Indian states have not declared cancer a notifiable disease, despite calls for uniform reporting across the country. The court was hearing a plea seeking mandatory reporting of cancer cases and the creation of a centralized cancer registry to improve treatment planning and screening.
Key Takeaways
Health experts and the petitioner argued that consistent nationwide reporting would give the National Cancer Registry better data to identify high-risk regions, improve screening efforts and allocate healthcare resources more effectively. This latest submission comes weeks after the Supreme Court asked the remaining States and Union Territories to consider declaring cancer a notifiable disease and adopt a more uniform reporting framework across the country.