印度衞生官員稱癌症源於罪孽 引發民眾憤怒
Indians have reacted angrily after the health minister from Assam state said cancer "is divine justice" caused by "past sins of a person".
在印度阿薩姆邦衞生部長髮表言論稱癌症是“一個人過去的罪孽”造成的、是一場“神聖的審判”之後,印度民眾對此表示憤怒。Himanta Biswa Sarma said that people could also get diseases like cancer "because of the sins of their parents".
這位名叫希曼塔·比斯瓦·薩爾瑪的部長稱,“一個人的父母過去的罪孽”也會導致其本人患上像癌症這樣的疾病。”Cancer patients and their relatives said they were saddened by the minister's statement.
癌症病人和其家屬們表示,他們對部長的這一言論感到很難過。
Opposition parties have described his comments as "unfortunate", and demanded a public apology.
反對黨將他的言論形容為“令人遺憾的”,認為他應該向公眾道歉。The All India United Democratic Front said Mr Sarma had made the statement to "cover his failure to control the spread of cancer in the state".
全印度聯合民主陣線認為,薩爾瑪發表此番言論是為了“掩飾他沒有控制住阿薩姆邦的癌症擴散。”Research by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) says that lack of awareness and testing means that only 12.5% of patients come for treatment in the early stages of the disease.
根據印度醫學研究委員會的研究顯示,對癌症缺乏認知和測試,意味着只有12.5%的印度患者在癌症早期前往醫院治療。It is estimated that the number of new cancer cases or its incidence in the country will grow by 25% by 2020, the report added.
該報告還稱,到2020年,印度新增癌症,或其發生率預計將增加25%。