Bengaluru, October 13: “Mr. Narendra Modi, you have not served the people as Pradhan Sevak. When the defaulters fled the country right in front of your eyes, being the Chowkidar,you have not spoken a word. At least speak now on Rafale deal”. This is how former chief minister Siddaramaiah taunted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Twitter.

If you have shown the loyalty, being shown to Ambani in the Rafale deal, to the country, the value of the Indian currency would not have crossed Rs 74 before the Dollar. This is the first time in the history of the country that a Prime Minister had toured foreign countries to strike a deal for a capitalist, he tweeted.

When the Prime Minister himself became a middleman for a private company, what about the future of the public sector units, he questioned and took Narendra Modi into task in strong words.

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Belagavi: Medical Education Minister Dr. Sharanaparakash Rudrappa Patil on Tuesday said the State government plans to establish day-care chemotherapy centres in all district hospitals across Karnataka to make cancer treatment more accessible.

Replying to a question raised by BJP MLC M.P. Kushalappa during the Question Hour in the Legislative Council, the minister said it was not feasible for cancer patients from various districts to travel repeatedly to Kidwai Memorial Institute in Bengaluru. To address this issue, the government is taking steps to establish cancer care centers in other districts in collaboration with the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.

Providing details of cancer treatment at Kidwai, Dr. Patil said that over the past three years, 41,512 cancer patients have received treatment at the institute. Treatment included surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these, depending on the type and stage of cancer.

Between 2022 and 2024, a total of 12,781 patients underwent surgery, 14,423 patients received radiation therapy, and over 28,370 patients were administered chemotherapy, he said.

The minister further noted that more than 110 patients were provided bone marrow transplants, an otherwise expensive procedure, free of cost at the institute during the same period.

The proposed day-care chemotherapy centers, he said, would significantly reduce the burden on patients and improve access to timely cancer treatment at the district level.