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Raha revives AIIMS hopes

By Sanjoy K Kakati |

Now its confirm. The proposed AIIMS us not coming up in Jalah in the outskirt of Guwahati reviving no less ray of hope for the people in Raha where it was initially proposed.

The Raha AIIMS Demand Committee on Saturday submitted a memorandum before Union health minister JP Nadda urging the government to propose the country’s premier hospital in central Assam.

The Union minister accepted the memorandum and assured the committee members of consideration if their demands.

The minister recently told Parliament that the government has yet to finalise the site for the proposed hospital in Assam.

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