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OF
HOPE
Tata Trusts’ philanthropic medical grants
channel the best humanistic instincts
Sudden illnesses or unforeseen healthcare expenditures can The Tata Trusts’ philanthropic work in community building and
prove to be ruinous, notwithstanding the physical and emotional uplifting the underprivileged also includes tapping into its strong
toll they take. Many Indians are unable to bear the financial network of medical professionals working at various
burden of treating medical conditions that require specialised government-run, private, and charitable hospitals across the
and extended care, regardless of whether they own medical country to help families struggling with exorbitant medical bills.
insurance or not. The Trusts uses the social work department of the network
hospitals to assess the socio-economic condition of the family in
The family of a young mother of a four-year-old found themselves need, helps family members of the patient process the required
in a similar situation when the mother was diagnosed with paperwork for treatment, and provides information on how the
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (HL) in 2019. A highly curable type of blood medical grant awarded to them will be disbursed for the
cancer, with approximately 80 percent of patients being cured patient’s treatment.
through standard first-line chemotherapy, the woman underwent
treatment, but unfortunately su ered a relapse in 2021. A timely intervention in this case was highly e ective with the
woman now well on her way to recovery.
A teacher by profession, with her husband employed in the
private sector, the family was unable to a ord the recommended
second phase of treatment. This involved high-dose
chemotherapy and an autologous stem cell transplantation -
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) recommended by healthcare
professionals to minimise the long-term side e ects of her
condition and to improve treatment outcomes. The family turned
to Tata Trusts for aid, which was promptly extended following an
extensive case evaluation.
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