Guwahati, Aug. 8 : Mumbai’s famous rock band Demonic Resurrection will perform in the city tomorrow in a concert organised by the Deepsikha Cancer Care Foundation, an NGO working in the field of cancer care.
Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahary will attend the concert, Preetir Enajori, at Prajyoti ITA Cultural Centre at Machkhowa.
Mrinmoyee Baruah, a physician and the secretary of the NGO, today said the proceeds of the concert would help cancer patients in different ways.
She said apart from raising funds for the patients, the function aimed at entertaining cancer patients and their relatives.
“Cancer is a family experience, and relatives of patients are confronted with myriad problems from the time of the disease is diagnosed. Both patients and their relatives go through a kind of physical, mental and emotional trauma, which mere medical treatment cannot alleviate. Deepsikha’s creative endeavour of brining the cancer patients and their relatives to the tomorrow’s rock show will help them express stifled emotions. Most of the patients who will enjoy the show will be from the B. Borooah Cancer Institute,” Baruah said.
Baruah added that the NGO hoped that the show would be a big hit and Guwahatians and people from other parts of the region would respond positively to it.
She said the concert would be part of the NGO’s effort to raise funds to further its dream of setting up a hospital for terminally ill patients.
“Every member of Deepsikha tries their best to boost the morale of a terminally-ill patient and sits with them to know about their unfulfilled dreams and desires. And if possible, we try to fulfil the needs of such poor patients. Instead of adding years to their lives we try to add life to their years,” Baruah said.
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