印度衛生官員稱癌症源於罪孽 引發民衆憤怒

Indians have reacted angrily after the health minister from Assam state said cancer "is divine justice" caused by "past sins of a person".

在印度阿薩姆邦衛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，印度民衆對此表示憤怒。

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爲“令人遺憾的”，認爲他應該向公衆道歉。

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爲，薩爾瑪發表此番言論是爲了“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%。