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Why @chaiforcancer
2016
It was with a heavy heart the team had to close his case . We hadn't heard from him in many months . Maybe well over a year even . Despite repeated calls & attempts to counsel and emphasise the importance of compliance we had not seen him nor been able to
2016
It was with a heavy heart the team had to close his case . We hadn't heard from him in many months . Maybe well over a year even . Despite repeated calls & attempts to counsel and emphasise the importance of compliance we had not seen him nor been able to
make any contact . He was a farmer from the interiors of Maharashtra & his life had been a constant struggle . A small holding where he grew vegetables , struggled with the vagaries of Mother Nature & tried his best to provide for his family of six . He was proud of the fact that
he could send his children to school and even more proud that his young daughters as well his sons went to school . We had grown close to him , following up and being with him all throughout the eight odd years he had been with us. He was a role model for other patients and a
Post from May’19 #longthread
Lakshmibai & her husband Reshmaji left their village in Parbani Distirct last night to take an overnight train to Bombay & made their way straight to Tata Memorial Hospital so that they would not be late for her appointment with her Medical Oncologist
Lakshmibai & her husband Reshmaji left their village in Parbani Distirct last night to take an overnight train to Bombay & made their way straight to Tata Memorial Hospital so that they would not be late for her appointment with her Medical Oncologist
They came to our office after the long OPD procedure at the hospital tired thirsty & hungry. It has been a tough few months for them back in the village where Reshmaji tills his small plot of land. The drought marriage expenses of their daughter & fees for the education of one
their two sons ( the other helps his father in the farm) has meant he has had to borrow money from the Sahukar , the money lender , in order to arrange funds for travel and tests and other sundry expenses the periodic visit to Bombay for his wife's check up means .
