Bolangir District Bar Association secretary Basudev Rath has demanded setting up a cancer hospital at Balangir to provide better healthcare to cancer patients of district.
Rath told media on Thursday that as many as 64 per cent of people of Balangir district live below poverty line while State’s cancer hospital is located 400 km away at Cuttack.
While going for treatment at Cuttack, many patients of district die in midway and patients and their families incur heavy expenditures. In such a situation, a cancer hospital should be set up at Balangir, he said.
