It is hard to believe that there are no healthcare facilities in and around Ambala Cantt that provide Intensive Care other than the 8 bed ICU at Rotary Ambala Cancer and General Hospital! At present the hospital has 2 Operation Theaters, 1 Intensive Care Unit (8 beds) and 1 Cardiac Care Unit (5 beds). The absence of ICU facility in Ambala Cantt and surrounding areas puts an enormous burden on the hospital. The ICU is fully occupied at all times, and new patients have to be referred to other f...

In 1997, Sneh Bansal, spouse of past president of the Rotary Club of Ambala, RID 3080, Subhash Bansal, was detected with cancer. He had to run from pillar to post for her treatment. Realising the trauma and misery that many had to undergo for treatment of cancer, Bansal decided to do something to provide care to such patients in Ambala, where no such facility was available. In 2003, with the assistance of Global Cancer Concern India, and Rotary Club of Boca Raton,USA, a palliative care unit w...

Cancer is a traumatic disease in itself, but what makes it even worse is not being able to get treatment in your own city. Imagine that you have to travel to another city leaving the comfort of your home at the time when you need it the most. Many cancer patients living in small cities and villages have to go through this harrowing experience. When I was diagnosed with cancer I had to do the same. Me and my husband visited many big hospitals in the vicinity of our city and even in Delhi. We k...