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Medical crowdfunding comes to aid of aspiring doctor
PRADIP PATIL thought he could alleviate the suffering of poor communities who get crippled by costs of health and hospitalisation by becoming a doctor. Instead, the farmer’s son is now a patient needing monetary help for a bone marrow transplant – a curative treatment for his cancer – and has resorted to medical crowdfunding. Two…
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10 cancer care NGOs in India helping the poor
INTERNATIONAL studies estimate that over 10 million people die from cancer every year, and at least one-third of common cancers are preventable. The worrying aspect of cancer deaths is that 70% of them occur in low-to-middle-income countries. India is one of them. A parliamentary panel in 2019 said while 16 lakh new cancer cases are…