LITTLE KOEL AND HER FIGHT AGAINST CANCER – A Short Film
Koel Dutta
Koel is the mascot who launched many a fundraising effort for the hospital. The hospital is committed to her cause by supporting her education. Koel has completed her basic education and is 19 years old today.
Baby Darshika was all of 6 months when she was diagnosed with cancer in the eye. She came to the Tata Medical Center in the arms of her distraught mother Poornima. Her father who lost his sight to cancer as a child was devastated. The family had no means to pay for Darshika’s treatment.
An appeal through a radio show saw huge support pouring in from all over India. Adorable Darshika started her treatment at Tata Medical Center.
4 months later, Darshika could see!
Actor Dev who held her when she was virtually blind was thrilled she could now see him and admire the colour of his shirt!
Ashish Ghosh
All of 18, young Ashish Ghosh, was living in a slum in Bengal, working in a tea stall, earning an equivalent of 20 pounds a month. Coping with the tragedy of losing his mother to cancer and a father who left the family.
Suddenly he fell ill, and suffered from extreme body pain and fever. He was detected with Hepatocellular Carcinoma, and had to quit his job.
His aunt took loans and took him to several hospitals for tests and treatment. But after Ashish did not improve. She brought him to Tata Medical Center, he underwent complete investigations
His surgery cost is close to 3500 pounds and the large hearted are reaching out to help.
Arpan Saha
When at 15, Arpan should be in school, playing football that is so popular in Bengal, he lies in a bed, diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
To add to his trauma, his father passed away suddenly which caused his mother to have a cerebral stroke which left her paralyzed.
Yet he goes through chemotherapy with a smile, determined to fight and win his battle against all odds.
Amina Khatun
A lovely girl Amina, did not lose her smile. Not when she was told about her cancer of the kidney. Not through her excruciating pain. Not through her surgery and chemo. Amina Khatun has been an exemplary role model in her village known for her grit & determination. Post treatment, she walked straight into her high school board exams and took computer classes simultaneously. Her father, an agricultural labourer smiles too. He wants to fulfil her dream of becoming a software engineer.
Syeda Noor E Jannat
Anyone with a name like Syeda Noor e Jannat (literally meaning light of the world) should have a bright happy life especially if it is a 7 year old little girl.
However Syeda’s life had none of the light her name had, being diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma.
Little Syeda from Dhaka, Bangladesh turned into a nervous shy young girl who wouldn’t interact with anyone. The only thing which brought her some joy was the stories her mother read to her.
Three years later, today, she is recovering and is true to her name, a bright creative child back in school, participating in drawing, dancing and studies with enthusiasm.
Her father, a humble school teacher, is thrilled to have the "light of his world" back with him.
Rajesh, a talented young boy of 15 was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and was put on Chemotherapy protocol.
But nothing got Rajesh’s spirits down. Through his treatment, he studied and prepared for his board exams.
His keen interest in photography, made him join a workshop and his photographs were displayed at London for a fund raising campaign!
His father, a farmer with a meagre income of less than 20 pounds a month was traumatized but today beams with pride.
Rajesh Khan
Ramesh
Imagine the plight of a father of a lovely daughter, who loses her to cancer when she was just 3 years old.
Then the apple of his eye, little Ramesh, is diagnosed with Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome, and the father is told that the child will need treatment and medication for the rest of his life.
As a poor farmer, who could not even afford one square meal a day, Ramesh’s father sought refuge in Tata Medical Center.
Poor he may be but rich is rich in thoughts, as his little son wipes his tears.
That Divinity and his faith in the Almighty will light up the path ahead.
