August 28, 2019

RIYA* 21/01/2018

Her parents are Manikantan & Ambika. Two children. The elder is a boy,now studying in Plus1. They live in a rented house. Father is a wage labourer. He suffers from fits from time to time.In the last floods their house was full of water. The children’s school bags, umbrellas ,even their gas stoves, vessels etc […]

August 28, 2019

SANDY ROBIN*

When Sandy was 2.5 yrs old she fell off a bike and suffered a head injury. She began to develop difficulties in walking normally and began to lean over to one side. She also grew slow in vision and hearing. Doctors diagnosed dislocation of the hip as a reason for her walking difficulties and advised […]

August 28, 2019

ANIKA* 17/09/2018

Anika was diagnosed as a low weight fetus in her ninth month in the womb. Due to an erratic heartbeat, she was taken out by C-section. In two weeks time, she developed severe vomiting and was referred to Amrita Hospital where she was admitted to the ICU. After lying there for 32 days she was […]

August 28, 2019

RADHA*, 16 yrs, Ovarian Tumor

10/08/18: Surgery is over. Was at Amala hospital yesterday. It was an Ovarian tumor and one ovary was removed. After the biopsy, Radha has been instructed to start chemo from next week. The surgery was done by personal loans from many people and also borrowing from lenders. It is only five months since Radha’s father […]