Month: September 2025

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 →

Making a Difference Patient: Ms Savita Zende Savita Zende was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer in November 2015. She was 44 years old and belonged to a financially underprivileged family. The only support she had was from her two siblings—a brother and a sister. She was thin, weak and physically handicapped, primarily due to her disease (which had caused a skeletal deformity). She was unable to stand or do anything for herself?all she could do was lie in a corner of the tiny one room plus kitchen that was the home she…continue reading →