Simi Bhatia, 16-year-old college student, is a thalassaemia major patient. Here, she shares the story of her life where her positive outlook leaves little room for grief and despair.
I was born with Thalassaemia Major. My parents tell me I was one-…
A father-daughter duo recalls their personal trauma over the tragedy of losing their closest person to terminal cancer and struggling to help her cope with the pain. A case for respecting end of life choices of a patient and access to Palliative…
Madam Soh Chin Hong, 47, fought the good fight against cancer with her husband by her side, until the end. HCA Hospice Care, Singapore shares this heartbreakingly beautiful story of a loving couple.
“She was very loving, a very righteous and…
Bhavna Botta, a young serial entrepreneur with cerebral palsy, had her dream project, Saahaagika, an exclusive boutique for ahimsa silk, washed away in the recent rains and floods in Chennai. Broken but not beaten, she looks for strength, motivation…
and other annoying questions that parents of children with disabilities do not want to hear. Ruchika Sethi Takkar, a mother who is raising a daughter with multiple challenges, helps you out by sharing the 13 most awkward questions that she has…
Like any young woman, Choo Peck See, 45, had dreamed of meeting the right person someday, settling down and starting a family of her own. It was a dream come true when she was called up to receive a kidney transplant and have a shot at a…
WORLD HEART DAY
To raise awareness about cardiovascular diseases, Mr. KC Patel, 75, shares his experience. Despite a fairly active lifestyle for most of his life, he was referred for emergency quadruple coronary artery by-pass (CABG) surgery for 90…
Mr. Shankhadeep Mitra, 40 finds it difficult to communicate with his mother but the mother struggling with Alzheimer’s is still happy to see her son.
When was your mother diagnosed and what were the early symptoms?
2014 was the year when…
Sudha, 68 has a full time job being a caregiver to her husband who has Alzheimer’s. Not only does she have to be fully alert all the time, she has also learnt to be patient and understanding over time.
When was your husband diagnosed with…
