Bhubaneswar, July 13 -- Cuttack: Cancer patients in Odisha are now left on the mercy of God as the state's only government cancer hospital -Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre (AHRCC) in Cuttack has reportedly stopped admitting patients amid rise in COVID19 infection.

As per Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), out of the total 248 COVID- 19 cases that were reported in Cuttack city till yesterday, 120 were reported from single source, AHRCC.

Several crucial departments of AHRCC including surgery, chemotherapy, emergency, ICU and pain and palliative care have now been closed. While no new admission is being done, patients are reportedly asked to return after being prescribed medicines.

Ghasi Dalai, an elderly woman from Puri district...