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Many poor patients, who cannot afford the test at the private diagnostic centres were left in the lurch.“The Mammography machine will be made functional immediately after its inauguration. “As there is acute shortage of dressers in the hospital, patients were left to suffer. Notably, in absence of diagnostic facility, patients with symptoms of breast cancer, had to undergo diagnostic tests in private facilities and had to cough up more money. Patients will be provided the facility completely free of cost,” said administrative officer of AHRCC, Rudra Das.The machine will bring much needed relief to the needy and poor patients as on any single day AHRCC receives not less than 50 to 60 breast cancer patients.In another related development, the AHRCC authorities have decided to deploy attendants to dress the wounds of the cancer patients. Notably, the cancer patients who have developed serious wounds due to the cancer had to suffer as AHRCC has only three dressers.In absence of adequate dressers, the wounds of the patients were left unattended and not cleaned properly..