Approximately how large a population is the Advanced Radiotherapy Facility at AIIMS Rajkot expected to serve?
- A.About 54 lakh people
- B.About 1.54 crore people
- C.About 2.54 crore people
- D.About 15.4 crore people
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Explanation
The correct answer is about 1.54 crore people. That is the catchment the facility is expected to cover across Saurashtra, taking in Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Porbandar, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Surendranagar, Gir Somnath, Devbhumi Dwarka and Botad, a region made up largely of rural, semi-urban and economically weaker communities. Option A understates the figure, while options C and D overstate it, option D by a factor of ten. A linked number worth remembering separately is the expected case load, which is 500 to 700 patients a year at the start, with the focus on head and neck, gynaecological, breast, bone and soft tissue malignancies. Note that the catchment population and the annual patient load are different quantities, and examiners often place one in the question and the other among the distractors.
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Practice Questions
Under which scheme was the Advanced Radiotherapy Facility at AIIMS Rajkot set up?
- A.Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
- B.Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
- C.Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission
- D.National Health Mission
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The facility at AIIMS Rajkot was established under this scheme at a cost of about Rs 39 crore, and the stated purpose was to reduce regional imbalance in the availability of tertiary healthcare.
Read the full explanation →According to the Union Health Minister, how many AIIMS institutions are operational in India out of those sanctioned?
- A.15 of 20
- B.18 of 22
- C.20 of 25
- D.22 of 22
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Speaking at AIIMS Rajkot, the Union Health Minister said the country had moved from a single AIIMS in New Delhi to 18 operational institutions out of 22, which he described as a significant strengthening of access to specialised tertiary healthcare.
Read the full explanation →Which technology was highlighted as letting pensioners generate a digital life certificate on their own smartphone?
- A.Iris scanning
- B.Face authentication
- C.Voice recognition
- D.Digital signature token
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The Secretary of the department, Nivedita Shukla Verma, said that technological advances, and face authentication in particular, have transformed the way a life certificate is submitted, because the pensioner can now create the certificate independently on a smartphone without going to a bank or any other office.
Read the full explanation →Which bank partnered the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare for the mega camp in New Delhi?
- A.Punjab National Bank
- B.State Bank of India
- C.Bank of Baroda
- D.Reserve Bank of India
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The department organised the mega camp in collaboration with this bank at the NDCC Convention Centre in New Delhi as part of the fifth nationwide campaign.
Read the full explanation →What is the target set under the nationwide Digital Life Certificate Campaign 5?
- A.Over 50 lakh certificates
- B.Over one crore certificates
- C.Over two crore certificates
- D.Over five crore certificates
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The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare has set this target for the fifth edition of its nationwide drive, and the mega camp held with the State Bank of India at the NDCC Convention Centre in New Delhi was part of it.
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