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Lack of radiation facility forces GRH patients to travel 4km for treatment
The New Indian Express Madurai
|August 29, 2025
THE lack of radiation therapy in the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) forces cancer patients to travel four kilometres to the Cancer Care Centre (CCC) at the Government Hospital in Balarengapuram for treatment, putting them into hardship.
THE lack of radiation therapy in the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) forces cancer patients to travel four kilometres to the Cancer Care Centre (CCC) at the Government Hospital in Balarengapuram for treatment, putting them into hardship. GRH officials said there is no space to establish the facility on the hospital campus and have sought help from the state government.
This story is from the August 29, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Madurai.
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