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SILCHAR: With a zeal to serve the persons who need it in the trying times, Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre braved the devastating flood to treat its patients. The Centre, a charitable hospital, had been treating the patients at a makeshift OPD at the gate of the building as the entrance road was completely inundated. Kalyan Kumar Chakraborty, the Chief Administrative Officer of the Centre said, for last few days the doctors had been treating the patients at the makeshift OPD and the serious patients were being ferried into the main hospital. "Our staff had made two rafts with four tyres of heavy vehicles tied together and a wooden platform was put on it," Chakraborty said.
The main consultant Padmasree Dr. Ravi Kannan reached Silchar on Tuesday and started attending the temporary OPD with his usual zeal. Kannan said, they started the practice in last month's flood too. " In no way we can refuse any patient," the leading oncologist said who was conferred upon Padmasree a few years back as a token of recognition for his exemplary human service in this part of the country.
Chakraborty said, per day they had to arrange three times meals for atleast 350 people. "We have our patients and their attendants who cannot move out due to the flood situation. Moreover, the doctors and para medics are also staying in the hospital for the same reason. Its really tough to arrange essential commodities in this situation but our Centre is meant for it. So nobody is complaining."
Every day on an average 50 patients come from various parts of south Assam as well as neighbouring states like Mizoram and Tripura. A good number of patients have their pre scheduled dates for chemotherapy or radiation. "They cannot afford to miss dose. So we somehow make them shift to the main hospital for administering chemotherapy or radiation', Chakraborty said.
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