01 March 2021

Care For A Cover?

Nirmala Konjengbam
For S Vijaya, a single mother from Hyderabad, 2018 was a year of memories – good and bitter.  While she was happily watching over her daughter join college and son prepare for 10th-grade board exams, the wrath of fate brought everything crashing down, when she was suddenly detected with breast cancer. The next two and half years were exhausting. Vijaya underwent several sessions of chemotherapy followed by surgery. Apart from the emotional scar, cancer left her financially crippled and indebted, fighting even for the basic needs. Diseases like cancer and diabetes are silent killers that destroy millions of families every year in India. In fact, after cardiovascular diseases, cancer takes the maximum number of lives in India. A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) says that one person among every 15 Indians will die of cancer. According to the report, in India, the...
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