Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 28: St. Judes treats children at Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati and has two centres there, each house 12 families for free of cost stay.
The Guwahati Centres provide care for families who come for treatment from Assam, Manipur and other parts of North East of India.
St. Jude India ChildCare Centres provides a ‘home away from home’ for children undergoing cancer treatment.
These children, accompanied by their parents, come from small villages and distant towns where medical treatment for cancer is not available.
St. Judes provides free-of-cost accommodation and holistic support to these children to improve their chances of surviving cancer and leading a full, healthy and happy life.
Founded in 2006 by Shyama and Nihal Kaviratne and a dedicated group of volunteers, St Judes works alongside Tata Memorial Hospital, AIIMS, New Delhi, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati and various cancer hospitals in nine cities across India.
It provides every family individual and family units with all they need during their stay.
Each centre has a common community space or learning area and shared ablution facilities, a common kitchen and a dining area. Each family has their own cooking stove in the kitchen and provisions for cooking are supplied every week.
St Judes currently has 40 Centres with 500 family units in nine cities—Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Chennai, Vellore, Guwahati, Delhi and Varanasi.
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