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August 4, 2017  |  By admin In Physical Health

This kid won 2-yr battle with cancer

BRAVEHEART: Nirbhay enjoys a game of cards with his mother Kirti Someshwar on the eve of Child Cancer Day   Ketan Tanna | TNN Mumbai: Two years ago, Kirti Someshwar, a middle-class Gujarati housewife from Dombivli, was stunned when doctors said that her nineyear-old son Nirbhay had abdomen cancer. “What should we do, we asked […]

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August 4, 2017  |  By admin In Physical Health

Educating patients about cancer

This retired BARC scientist spends time with those needing medical help   Ketan Tanna I TNN   Mumbai: In 1988, Vaman Kadam became the first living liver donor in Mumbai. He donated a portion of his liver to his ailing daughter Pallavi, whose lifespan increased by four years with the transplant. After she died, the […]

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August 4, 2017  |  By admin In Physical Health

When They Say You’re Going To Die

THE PILOT WHO FLEW AWAY Twelve-year-old Aniket who had dreamt of flying passed away on January 2   What goes on inside the minds of people with terminal illnesses. Ketan Tanna goes that side On Thursdays, 37-year-old Ankita Anil Gurav used to wake up at five in the morning. She had to be ahead in […]

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August 4, 2017  |  By admin In Physical Health

Why Bollywood doesn’t fight cancer

CANCER RISING: Cinema needs cancer. Characters played by Rajesh Khanna in Anand, Jimmy Shergill in Lage Raho Munnabhai, Swini Khara in Cheeni Kum succumb to the disease   Ketan Tanna on how cinema has made the disease a powerful brand of death while the truth is that an increasing number of patients are surviving it […]

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August 4, 2017  |  By admin In Physical Health

Outstation cancer patients can put up here for free

WARM WELCOME: More than 40 patients have so far used the accommodation facility offered by Suresh Agarwal Ketan Tanna meets the man who has put his spare flat to good use   Mumbai: Cancer is a cruel and expensive disease. It drains you physically and exhausts you financially. And for the thousands of families who […]

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