Besides fighting cancer, patients being treated at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel, especially those from outside the city, also fight a daily battle for a place to stay and eat. Until recently, many of them were staying under the Hindmata Flyover and on footpaths nearby. The hospital management, however, found accommodation for them and around 200 people including patients and their relatives were shifted earlier this month.

Moved from the streets
Syed Humayun Jafri, senior public relations officer, Tata Memorial Hospital said that around 60 patients who were still being treated or had recently completed their treatment, were living on the footpaths near the hospital and under the flyover. "There were 18 patients and their relatives (around 50 people) who were shifted to Zaid International Hotel in Marol, and we have made arrangements for food for them as well. These are patients requiring treatment and we have organised a BEST bus for them to ferry them to the hospital and back," he said.