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Lack of radiation facility forces GRH patients to travel 4km for treatment

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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.

- SARAVANAN MP @ Madurai

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.

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