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The Power of Hope (The Autobiography of a Cancer Centre)

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Item Code: HBG209
Author: Anshu Dogra, Digpal Dharkar
Publisher: Hachette India
Language: English
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 9789389253771
Pages: 205 (Color Illustrations)
Cover: HARDCOVER
Other Details 8.5x5.5 inch
Weight 290 gm
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About the Book
In 1987, Dr Digpal Dharkar, freshly trained from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, dreamt of setting up a world-class institution for head and neck oncology that offered the latest cancer treatment, particularly to the indigent in India, where cancer is the second- and fourth-highest killer of adults across urban and rural areas.

With the majority of people in rural areas facing economic difficulties, only a few were able to afford cancer treatment, and often diagnosis was left until it was too late, leading to unnecessary fatalities. With grave hurdles to overcome and the odds stacked against him, Dr Dharkar summoned his deep resolve - and the commitment of like-minded medical professionals to establish a charitable trust, the Indore Cancer Foundation (ICF), which would help make a difference in head and neck cancer care in India.

Inspiring and deeply moving, The Power of Hope is the compelling tale of Dr Dharkar's journey into the depths of human empathy and a testimony to just how much we can achieve if only we hold on to hope.

About the Authors
DR DIGPAL DHARKAR, renowned surgical oncologist and founder of Indore Cancer Foundation (ICF) and Indian Institute of Head and Neck Oncology (IIHNO), has performed more than 10,000 cancer surgeries, 30 per cent of which have been conducted free of charge. His strengths include partnering with district hospitals administered by state governments and promoting cancer health education digitally.

ANSHU DOGRA has written articles and books that are an eclectic collection exhibiting her interests in history, gender studies, travel and biographies.

Foreword
IT WAS 28 AUGUST 1963 WHEN ON HIS MARCH TO WASHINGTON DC, for justice, freedom and equality, the late Rev. Dr Martin Luther King said "I have a dream... and the rest is history for the United States of America (USA). Today, ethnic and racial freedom and equality and equal justice for all is a way of life in the USA.

I first met Dr Digpal Dharkar in the 1980s during his surgical training at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, and later came to know him better during his time of training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), in New York, in 1987. Even at that early stage I could see that he was an ambitious young surgeon with a resolve to make a difference - a difference, in head and neck. cancer care in India in general, and for the indigent and poor in particular. Dr Dharkar had a 'dream...

Preface
MY SCHOOLMATE AND DEAR FRIEND, YASHODA DHARKAR, née Chitre, had been encouraging me to visit her in Indore for a long time. Yet, for reasons I cannot fathom, it was a couple of decades before I could keep my promise to her. But when I did make it there, the in-between years fell away, as the two of us and our friend Rachna Gupta - who completes the triad from our school days - took an enchanting tour of the city, the stunning palaces in Mandu, Mamleshwar in Omkareshwar, Maheshwar by the side of the beautiful Narmada river, and the city of Ujjain.

Acknowledgements
AFTER ICF WAS SET UP, DIFFICULTIES CAME SOME EXPECTED and others completely unexpected. But, time and again, the forces of Mother Nature protected and nurtured it, invisible but perceptible, with someone, somewhere, somehow helping us find our way out of difficulties. As this has occurred so many times, I bow my head to the forces of Mother Nature.

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