Posted by As we all know, Cancer is a deadly disease which has resulted in deaths of more than 6 lakh worldwide yearly. Most of the people suffer death due to high cost of the cancer treatment.
India being a developing country has seen a rise in best cancer hospitals throughout the country. Many government hospitals in India provide cancer treatment for free and charge very less. There are top charitable cancer hospital in India who are known for providing this facility.
Cancer Makes You Helpless
Sandeep sharma is a labourer having very low income to support his family. Sandeep suffers from stage 3 mouth cancer and has come all the way from Allahabad to Mumbai for the cancer treatment.
Since the family have been below the poverty line, it is difficult to get the cancer treated in the best high-class hospitals. In high hopes of getting help from the government hospitals, sandeep has travelled along with his family. It’s a difficult period for sandeep and his family as we also were saddened to hear his wife was also diagnosed with cancer in the uterus, which was successfully operated and removed some months ago.
Sandeep quotes “Hamara sab ghar aur zameen hum bech kar Mumbai aaye hai, iske baad hum kaha jaye hume nahi pata” .
This translates as “we have sold our house, farmland to come to Mumbai and get us treated, we have no idea where me and my family go after this”.
On being interviewed, His wife told that they had to withdraw their kids from school and college. This has hindered the hopes any future of their children’s career.
On the contrary, sandeep is being treated at Tata memorial hospital and is recovering pretty well. The cost of the medications that are required are costly, they said it goes up to 2200/- for few weeks, which is relatively high for them.
Due to this reason, sandeep and his family have chosen to reside on the streets of the hospital lane. Along with their entireluggage and the demand to keep the family fed has forced them to take this decision.
This has been the case of many Indian families, who are poor and have to deal with a disease such as cancer. There are cases which have been treated in time, although most of such cases could not be treated and the reason being no education or limited medical facilities or centres in the rural area.
We at Help to Heal Foundation aim to provide free/subsidised medical aid, a place to stay, Transportation, and other basic requirements for the underprivileged patients. We also help in assisting international patients with medical visa and provide all needed facilities during his/her treatment.