Vice President Hamid Ansari has said that neglect of healthcare will have a negative impact on India's economy combined with rising population. <br/><br/>Addressing a function in New Delhi today, Mr Ansari said, with more than one thousand three hundred persons succumbing to cancer every day and it has become one of the major causes of deaths in the country. <br/><br/>He said, lack of sufficient public allocations has resulted in huge demand-supply gaps in cancer detection, treatment and care requirements.<br/><br/>The Vice President further said that responding to palliative care needs of cancer patients requires not only the medical and nursing needs of the person affected but also the patient's emotional and spiritual distress and support for the caregivers.