Politicians lead tributes to Tameside doctor and NHS campaigner Dr Kailash Chand after sudden death

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Sign up to the MyTameside newsletter here to keep abreast of what's happening in your neighbourhood Tributes have poured in for a leading doctor and fearless campaigner who has died at the age of 73.

Dr Kailash Chand OBE, was renowned for his work as a GP in Tameside, and for fighting to stop the privatisation of the NHS. Colleagues and local politicians announced his sudden and shock death on social media this evening. Read more:Tributes paid to two men killed in horror motorbike crash in Newton Heath No further details about Dr Chand's death have been released.

Kailash Chand was named on the list of the Health Service Journal's top 50 healthcare pioneers from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.