An evaluation of cancer patients in cotton belt of Punjab
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cancer, patients, cotton beltAbstract
Hospitals play an instrumental role in the life of the individuals, and they are a crucial part of healthcare system. Healthy homes and communities are widely acknowledged as foundation stones for the progress of any nation. Basically, they ensure its economic growth as well as internal stability. World Health Organization stressed that “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Good health and well-beings have always been a forefront agenda of national and international policy agendas. Goal 3 of Sustainable Development Goals, 2015 aims to “increase life expectancy, reduce maternal and child mortality and fight against communicable diseases”. In case of non-communicable disease, there are four major disease – cardiovascular, cancers, severe respiratory diseases and diabetes.
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