CM ENSURES TREATMENT FOR KID BATTLING CANCER
CM’s office to bear cost of treatment, `8 lakh transferred to the institute
Acting on the letter of 11-yearold blood cancer patient Ansh Upreti, the chief minister’s office got the little one admitted to the SGPGI on Thursday for treatment and also decided to bear the expenses. An only child of his parents, Ansh Upreti of Agra has been battling blood cancer for the past three years. He wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP CM Akhilesh Yadav on June 26, seeking financial help.
LUCKNOW: Acting on the letter of 11-year-old blood cancer patient Ansh Upreti, the chief minister’s office got the little one admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science (SGPGI) on Thursday for treatment and also decided to bear the expenses.
Only child of his parents, Ansh of Agra has been battling blood cancer for the past three years. He wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on June 26, seeking financial help.
A report was published in Hindustan Times following which the chief minister’s office took cognizance and ensured the boy’s transportation to Lucknow from Agra. “We have admitted the boy and now treatment will start,” said PGI director Prof Rakesh Kapoor. Son of a labourer, Ansh was hopeful that ‘PM uncle’ and ‘CM uncle’ would help him. “I have seen on television that they help out children in need of treatment,” he had said.
In his letter the boy had written, “I am too young and wish to see this beautiful world after getting well. I request you with folded hands to help my parents to bear the cost of my expensive treatment.”
The family of Ansh had to sell off their house to meet the expense of his treatment at another medical centre and had to shift to a rented accommodation. “We have an estimate of ` 8 lakh from the PGI and the same has been transferred to the institute so that treatment can be started at the earliest,” said a spokesperson for the state government. Dr Sonia Nityanand of the haematology department, who had initially examined the boy and who shall finalise the line of treatment in consultation with the other experts said, “It appears to be a case of relapse of the disease as the boy had undergone treatment at some other centre, or the boy did not respond to treatment done earlier.” She said the drugs and treatment would be decided keeping this fact in light.