NAHARLAGUN, Oct 31: As part of its programme of feeding cancer patients once in a month, members of the Arunachal Cancer Welfare Society (ACWS), led by its chief patron Domin Loya, distributed fruits among the patients at the cancer tertiary centre of the TRIHMS here on Thursday.
The fruits were distributed by radiation & oncology department head Dr S Tsering, honorary general secretary of the state unit of the Indian Medical Association, Dr Jego Ori, and member Dr Hage Soni, on behalf of the ACWS.
Commending the humanitarian gesture, Dr Tsering said “the ACWS members are well aware of the suffering of the patients and as good Samaritans take many to Mumbai and Delhi for better treatment.
“The patients are our own people, and such care relieves their mental stress,” he added.