Proposed Cancer Registry Bill calls for mandatory reporting of cases
A new bill being drawn up by government will propose mandating doctors to report cancer cases to a national cancer registry, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
As part of the government’s recently announced national cancer policy, the Cancer Registry Bill (2015), is being resurrected, with new additions addressing data protection concerns that stalled the proposed legislation from being passed more than a decade ago. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Feb 05, 2026 02:12 PM