Bhagi's story

~Patient's husband speaking

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Your name?

Jiwai Ram

Your relationship with the patient?

She's my wife, Bhagi

Which cancer does she have?

She has skin cancer

When did y'all find out?

First, 3 years ago [2021] there was a small lump in her skin that we got removed by surgery. Now 6 months ago [Jan 2024] some lumps came back so we went to Ahmedabad [another city] for some procedures and now came back here.

Do you pay for the treatment out-of-pocket?

No, we have a JanAadhar card [govt.-registered medical card] by which the government pays for us

So what kind of treatment is going on?

Currently it's chemo

So when you and the family found out about this then you must've been uneasy. How do you feel now?

Well, we actually didn't feel very uneasy; the doctor said that everything would be all right. We are only doing what the doctor is saying as for treatment