Summary:
Says Kavita Misshra, general secretary, JCAF, “We would often get calls from friends and relatives coming to Mumbai for cancer treatment. Soon, social workers from Tata Hospital began calling them every time they had a patient looking for accommodation. The Tata Memorial Hospital, the country’s largest cancer hospital, gets nearly 200 new patient registrations every day. “We thought of helping patients with all the non-medical aspects of cancer treatment. He says, “We have observed that lack of finances and accommodation are the main reasons many patients leave treatment half way..