New Delhi: The Union Budget 2025 was announced on Saturday at 11 am at Parliament House by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. As the government proposed to ensure maximum coverage of various sectors, the health sector was not overlooked either. For cancer patients and patients of rare diseases, the government proposed to exempt 36 more drugs from taxation and customs duty. Cancer centres will also be set up in district hospitals amid many other reforms for the sector. Citing this, leaders from across the health industry celebrated the proposed reforms for patients with cancer and other chronic diseases.

Dr. Mandeep Singh Malhotra, Director of Surgical Oncology at CK Birla Hospital, Delhi, said, “The Finance Minister’s proposal to establish daycare centers across India, either by upgrading civil hospitals or peripheral health centers to provide chemotherapy, is a significant and commendable step. I sincerely congratulate the government on this initiative. From my experience working with charitable organizations and helping develop a chemotherapy daycare center at a Gurdwara, I can confidently say that this will greatly benefit cancer patients across the country.”

“Cancer statistics indicate that head and neck cancers (including oral and throat cancer), breast cancer, and gynecological cancers........

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