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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: Health minister C Vijaya Baskar inaugurated Pain and Palliative Care unit at Government Royapatteh Hospital on Wednesday. According to a press release from the health department, the unit was set up at the cost of `15 lakh. “Pain and Palliative Care units will be opened at 17 more government medical college hospitals. “The centre will have a cancer specialist, palliative care nurse, counsellors and physiotherapists. The 15-bed facility will also provide training for volunteers in palliative care,” a senior doctor said..