Mumbai Streets Now Cancer Ward For Many

According to hospital spokesman S.H. Jafri, “Many NGOs give them food and things on the footpath, because of that they tend to stay there.”

The Tata centre has made alternative rooms for the public, offering free or cheap rooms in the city and they are still working on adding more for the poor. But it is difficult to accommodate everyone, since every year there is an increase in the number of cancer patients in the country. Jafri also revealed that not many Indian hospitals offer cancer treatment in such a minimal price like Tata centre. Each year 60 percent of 50,000 patients are subsidised and around 14 percent of them are treated for free at the centre.

The police station is being filled with complaints by local residents, as they are being disturbed because of the sick neighbours living by their homes. In reply to this issue, Senior Inspector Sunil Tondwalkar said he has written to Mumbai’s municipal authorities requesting them to relocate these dwellers to better lodges.