Last Updated: February 19, 2023, 00:00 IST
Ramdev made the comment whereas talking earlier than a gathering early morning at Miramar seashore in Goa.
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Refuting the claims, a famend oncologist acknowledged most cancers circumstances have been rising by 5 per cent yearly and it has nothing to do with the Covid pandemic
Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday claimed that most cancers circumstances elevated within the nation after the COVID-19 pandemic, however medical consultants mentioned there was no correlation between the 2 and the rise in circumstances was a traditional phenomenon.
Cancer circumstances have been rising by 5 per cent yearly and it has nothing to do with the pandemic, a famend oncologist mentioned right here.
Ramdev made the comment whereas talking earlier than a gathering early morning at Miramar seashore in Goa the place his Patanjali Yog Samiti hads organised a yoga camp.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was additionally current with him on the stage.
“Cancer has increased a lot. The cases of this disease have gone up after the COVID-19 pandemic. People have lost their eyesight, their sense of hearing….,” he said.
But renowned oncologist and former chief of the Indian Medical Association’s Goa unit Dr Shekhar Salkar said the number of cancer cases is on the rise with the increase in population across the world.
There has been a five per cent increase in cases annually, he said.
“Cancer cases are not going to come down. But at the same time, you cannot attribute it to the COVID-19 pandemic,” mentioned Dr Salkar who additionally heads the medical cell of the Goa BJP.
Without naming Ramdev, he said, “Celebrities should make statements responsibly as people have faith in their words.” India has 104 cancer patients per lakh of population, an increase from 85 patients per lakh in 2018, Dr Salkar noted.
“But at the same time, we are much better than the USA which has the rate crossing 500 patients per lakh,” he added.
India might surpass the US’s cancer rate if we do not correct our lifestyle, he said.
Dr Shredharan N, a surgical oncologist, also said that a five per cent rise in the number of cancer patients is a normal phenomenon.
“There is no data to say that cancer has increased after COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
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