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A Wish Fulfilled Patient: Mr. Sridhar Ganesh In October 2017, PALCARE put in an extra effort to help realize a patient’s last wish, which was such a satisfying experience! One of our patients, a young man from Dharavi, Mumbai, whose family included a young wife, two small children, elderly parents and two siblings, and had been in our care for twenty months, expressed a desire to go on one last family outing, before he passes on. This was towards end of August 2017 when the patient’s parents were out of town. When his…continue reading →

Abandoned by Her Husband Because of Cancer Patient: Mrs Sharmila Pawar Mrs Sharmila Pawar, got married in 2011 and gave birth to a baby boy a year later. Six months post-delivery, she discovered a small tumour in her left breast, which her husband and she neglected to have investigated. A few months later, when the tumour had grown, Sharmila showed it to her sister who insisted on taking her to a hospital and it was then that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. When Sharmila’s husband learned that she had breast cancer, he…continue reading →

Living his days in fine spirit Patient: Mr Abdul Hasan Mr Abdul Hasan, a patient in his late 70’s, who suffers from a type of cancer that affects the liver, was referred to us by Tata Memorial Hospital in March 2016. Despite his years and his condition, Mr Hasan is a very active man, a loving husband, always in good spirits, with a wonderful sense of humour. And he just loves his mangoes! He and his wife Subeda, the primary caregiver, live with their two sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren. This big joint family…continue reading →

Partnering Manav Foundation Patient: Ms Sheela Navare When we enrolled Sheela, I realised that she was suffering not just from cancer but from mental illness as well. And like many patients with chronic mental illness, her biggest problem was that she was lonely. She did not have a regular daily routine and no family to call her own, and this had exacerbated her psychiatric symptoms. Sheela has cancer of the left breast but when we first met her, she had no physical symptoms. It was her emotional and mental problems that required attention.…continue reading →