Former Congress MLA Tapas De who is now in the regional ‘Tipra Motha’ as an elderly leader has appealed to the health secretary to reconsider the proposed location of a new outlet of GBP hospital adjacent to the regional cancer hospital. In a formal letter addressed to the health secretary Tapas has explained the reasons why he is appealing for relocation of the GBP hospital.

He said that carcinoma treatment in the cancer hosopital entails the use of therapeutic radiation modalities and Linear Accelerators that emit X-rays and Gamma rays essential for cancer patients but harmful to normal people. The location of the GBP hospital outlet close to the cancer hospital will expose normal patients as well as health workers including doctors to dangerous radiation.This will also have an adverse

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