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Teamwork Enabled Recovery Over Aggressive Leukemia
Harvinder Kumar, a 33-year-old farmer from Aligarh, diagnosed with acute promyleocytic leukemia, was brought in a critical state to AIIMS Hospital, Delhi. With timely medical attention, he was given a second lease of life. Read about the teamwork…
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I Had Leukemia When I Was 6 Months Old
Anirudh Jamadagni, 27 from Bengaluru was diagnosed with ALL, Acute lymphotic leukemia, when he was 6 months old. He and his mother share Anirudh's journey with ALL, the side effects, the societal challenges and the triumphs and how his mother has…
Always Remember Cancer Begins With CAN
Parameswaran(Param), 51 is a CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) survivor. He recounts his experience of battling the condition, going through a Bone Marrow Transplant and his journey to becoming a patient advocate. I was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid…
"Do Not Listen To Everyone's Opinion On Your Treatment"
Ushakant Shah, 75 from Ahmedabad was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) 16 years ago. He went through intensive treatment which caused a lot of complications. He fought with all the courage he could summon and established an NGO…
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I Talk To My Young Daughter About Benefits Of Blood Donation
Pranav Agarwal, 39, who has been donating blood for the last 21 years and has recently converted to being a regular platelet donor, talks about how a unit of blood from a single individual can potentially help 5 recipients and encourages people to…
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Let’s donate blood and save lives
Give blood. Give now. Give often.  On World Blood Donor Day, Dr Nikhil Nasikkar, a frequent blood donor, points out the acute shortage of blood in our hospitals and implores potential donors to donate blood generously to save people…
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We need a different attitude towards cancer
A Mumbai-based mother talks about her son’s cancer (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) treatment in India and the US. As told to Utsa Shah.  My son Anshuman was diagnosed with T cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 13 years old.…