Dr. Ravi Kannan’s vision has turned a small cancer centre into a full-fledged hospital in Assam’s Barak valley.Barak Valley is a remote area on the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam. For years, the people in the area had limited access to medical care. In fact, the nearest hospital was in Guwahati, which is 350 km away….
This article is part of the #KhudKoKarBuland series & is made possible by Birla Sun Life Insurance. Shubhada Varadkar was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 40. A talented and passionate Odissi dancer, she fought the disease for the love of her art and her desire to keep dancing and creating something beautiful. This…
Sheeba Ameer saw her daughter suffering through the pain of cancer and eventually losing her life to the dreaded disease. This grieving mother is now providing affordable cancer care to other patients through her organization, Solace. Sheeba Ameer’s life literally came to a standstill when she found out that her 13-year-old daughter had cancer. She spent…
UPDATE: Despite a lot of effort, Hitarth passed away on 26th July, 2016. We thank all our readers who contributed to his fight against cancer. Ahmedabad-based Dhyanesh Patel and his wife were overjoyed after having twins on 20 April, 2014. They named them Hiya and Hitarth. It was a wonderful time for the family. Dhyanesh,…
Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi used robotic arms to successfully remove cancerous pancreas from a 40-year-old woman, without an open surgery. They used these arms to detach the diseased organ and then took it out through the vagina. This is being seen as a major achievement because removal of pancreas through laparoscopic surgery…
This young man spent a lot of time in the cancer ward of a hospital in Mumbai when his mother was undergoing treatment there. Today, he is seen inside local trains in Mumbai collecting funds for the treatment of cancer patients – with a guitar and a donation box. A 23-year-old man singing and strumming…
“Aai, I will become a doctor when I grow up and cure people without money,” promised 8-year-old Swapnil Mane to his mother, as he helplessly watched his poor neighbour die of cancer. Twenty years later, this oncosurgeon and his wife have helped thousands of cancer sufferers in 52 villages in Maharashtra and have operated on…
A team of girls from Women’s Christian College, Chennai conducts a hair donation drive annually to collect hair that can be used to make natural wigs for cancer patients of the globally-renowned Adyar Cancer Institute. Read on to know more about these wonder women! Seeta (name changed on request), a 19-year old girl from Tanjore,…
Rahul Yadav’s cancer suddenly changed his perfect life, but he kept fighting it and also started an organization that provides crucial support to cancer patients. Know more about Yoddhas and how they are bringing a positive change. Rahul Yadav was living a perfect life. He was 28, had a well paying job in Bangalore after…
Dr. V Shanta has been at the forefront of finding affordable cancer care in India for over six decades now. Know all about her journey from choosing medicine as a career in spite of coming from a family of scientists and Nobel laureates, her inspirations and her future plans for the dreaded disease in India. …