Imagine a child having retinoblastoma (cancer) of the eye. And the plight of the parents can be imagined that absence of treatment would lead to certain death for their child.

Samarth, the only child of a poor road side ice cream seller will perhaps never know the trials and the tribulations his parents had to face. Treatment was available but the costs were prohibitive.

A filed screening team of the hospital identified Samarth during a routine community screening.

Right from investigations to medical management to surgery and now chemotherapy, Samarth’s father does not have to worry about any expense now. The tumor has been removed following a surgery for the right eye. He has been undergoing regular chemotherapy, so that his disease can be contained. We are all keeping our fingers crossed.

Anuj, Ramshree, Shivani and Samarth. The common factor between blindness and life was poverty. Something beyond their control. They would have become another addition to the statistics of blind persons had not somebody stepped forward to make a difference.

As Sir Winston Churchill said…” we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.