In a novel gesture, the Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital (HNRFH) will present free vaccination to the households of kids present process cancer remedy on the hospital, an official spokesperson stated right here on Saturday.
For this, the HNRFH has tied up with Access Life Assistance Foundation, an NGO that gives multi-disciplinary supportive care to households of cancer-afflicted kids who come to Mumbai for remedy.
The NGO additionally runs 5 childhood cancer care centres in Mumbai which accommodate no less than 60 households of kids affected by cancers at any given time.
The kids face the tough realities of life however nonetheless enterprise out usually encountering dangers for their chemotherapy and different follow-up cancer remedy.
They are accompanied by their members of the family to the hospital for the continuing remedy and are in danger of contracting the Covid-19 virus each time they step outdoors.
Accordingly, the households of all such cancer-hit kids shall be given free Covid-19 vaccination jabs to guarantee their security, stated the HNRFH official.