For 52-year-old Savita Kurhade, who lives in Pune, it got here as an enormous shock when her husband, who has retired, was detected with blood most cancers this August. “I simply felt so helpless and didn’t know what to do. His platelet depend had fallen and a blood take a look at confirmed he was affected by blood most cancers. We pulled out our financial savings, kin helped us nonetheless couldn’t meet the price of a bone marrow transplant. That’s when our “laadke bhau” got here to the rescue,” mentioned Savita, combating again tears.
After being sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister on Thursday, step one that Devendra Fadnavis took in workplace was sanctioning monetary help of Rs 5 lakh to Savita’s husband 59-year-old Chandrakant Shankar Kurhade.
“It might be a drop within the ocean however when we’ve got to lift as a lot as Rs 30 lakh for the bone marrow transplant, this present from a brother to his sister won’t ever be forgotten,” mentioned Savita, who stays at Yerawada along with her three youngsters.
“My husband was detected with acute myeloid leukaemia on August 11 this 12 months and ever since there has simply been endless investigations and visits to the hospital,” she mentioned, including that kin and well-wishers did increase funds for her husband’s therapy. Kurhade held a clerical job at a non-public workplace earlier than retiring.
His cousin, Dr Shrikant Kurhade, a gastrointestinal surgeon within the metropolis, mentioned his brother had began feeling very weak and the household consulted him. “Therapy has been chemotherapy because the docs treating my cousin mentioned a bone marrow transplant was required. Sadly, none among the many household was an appropriate match,” Dr Kurhade mentioned.
When contacted, Dr Kannan S, marketing consultant haematologist at Sahyadri Hospital, mentioned Chandrakant Kurhade suffered from acute myeloid leukaemia and so they had been looking for a donor for the bone marrow transplant. “A matched unrelated donor has been recognized for the transplant,” Dr Sunil Rao, Chief Working Officer, Sahyadri Hospital, mentioned.
Nevertheless the expenditure was daunting and your entire quantity was round Rs 30 lakh, Savita mentioned. “We’ve got been capable of increase some funds and are making use of to a number of charitable trusts. The CM’s announcement is a vital step in our journey and I can solely hope now that my husband recovers quickly,” she mentioned.
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