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Parents of child with congenital disease help other children

THE ASIAN AGE
Published : Dec 31, 2016, 6:48 pm IST
Updated : Dec 31, 2016, 6:50 pm IST

The couple donated blankets and other necessities to people in Delhi

The children from the foundation were gifted warm clothes for to beat the Delhi winters. (Facebook)
 The children from the foundation were gifted warm clothes for to beat the Delhi winters. (Facebook)

We have all heard of people who are constantly trying to beat the odds. There are many parents with children who have problems that are incurable and painful at the same time. A Delhi couple who are in the same situation decided to help people who have similar issues and cannot afford it.

In 2006, Rahul and Tulika Verma were sadly told that their son Arjunuday had been born with multiple congenital effects and would require expensive medical treatment. After several months at a local hospital, they shifted him to AIIMS in Delhi and realised the struggled he would go through. There were many patients around him that had to go through treatments but weren’t able to afford nutritious meals to keep them healthy. Rahul then started Uday foundation to provide quality healthcare to underprivileged children who were suffering like his son from multiple deformities.

The foundation has its own ambulance service and most recently gave every child winter wear to be protected from the winter cold. They went a step further by providing blankets and other basic necessities from various impoverished and underprivileged children and people across the city. The family is juggling their duties at home as well as the foundation but believes they are doing it so that others so have to feel they do not have enough.

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