For insurance cover against cancer, maintain high sum for hospitalisation

February 4 is World Cancer Day: here is advice on how meet ancillary expenses in treating disease

According to the National Cancer Registry published by the Indian Council of Medical Research, 1.46 trillion new cancer cases occurred in India in 2022. The incidence of cancer is higher in urban, especially metropolitan, areas due to lifestyle changes, pollution, and so on.
 

With February 4 (observed as World Cancer Day) having just gone by, let us look at how you can insure yourself against this dreaded disease.
 

A high-cost ailment
 

When a person contracts cancer, he or she faces two issues. One, the cost of treating the disease is very high. And two, the ancillary costs that arise also