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Cancer patients renew
                            their hope
                                                                                                                               EMPOWERMENT

                                      Individual Grants Programme of Tata Trusts
                                            enable a successful transplant surgery.


                          The increasing burden of cancer care patients has been      The transplant cost of `745,000  was a financial stretch for
                          putting immense pressure on the healthcare infrastructure in   Vikas and his family. His family approached the Social Worker
                          India. The primary reason identified is the late detection of   who counselled them about the various medical grants
                          this disease. Tata Trusts is relentlessly fortifying the    available .  The Social Worker liaised with Tata Trusts and
                          healthcare system by helping make world -class treatment    after an evaluation of the case, a sum of `145,000 was
                          accessible and  a ordable.                                  approved in September 2022. Vikas underwent the surgery in
                                                                                      February 2023.
                          Vikas Bhushan (51) lived in Kotkapura Road, Mukhtsar, Punjab
                          and was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2020. His        This timely grant helped Vikas clear his surgery bill.
                          treatment initially consisted of VRd chemotherapy, a targeted
                          drug therapy. In 2022, he consented to chemotherapy, and    Christian Medical College and Hospital and Tata Trusts work
                          soon after he opted for Autologous Stem Cell Transplant.    together in fighting this terrible disease and building a
                                                                                      sensitive medical environment for cancer patients so that
                          All of Vikas’ treatments took place at Christian Medical    they navigate their way back to health and live a full life.
                          College and Hospital which is committed to the betterment
                          of patients su ering from cancer so that they can live with   Vikas Bhushan has had a successful transplant surgery and is
                          dignity and safety.                                         filled with renewed hope about his life and his future.

































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