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Help Joseph Fight a Rare Type of Cancer
  • Maya

    Created by

    Maya Sarin
  • JA

    This fundraiser will benefit

    Joseph A Venugopal

    from Bangalore, Karnataka


Joseph is a 65 year old married man with 2 daughters and 4 grandchildren. My family and I have known him for 8 years. During that time period, we have seen him work extremely hard - with integrity and honesty. He's a devoted husband, father, and grandfather.

Since August of last year, his health took a turn for the worse. What started as a nasal blockage, has now been diagnosed as a chordoma - a tumour of the skull base - which grows aggressively and starts to impair hearing, vision, and all functions of the body.

He had his first surgery at Ramaiah Hospital in October 2015 where Dr. Ravi Varma operated on him to remove the cancerous growth. Unfortunately, the chordoma has returned and spread and he needs another surgery. The first surgery took 6 hours and cost approx 1.6 lakhs (approx $2374) - which was a discounted cost. As a driver earning a salary of Rs. 12,000 a month (approx $180 a month), he could not afford the procedure. He did not have insurance and his family had to borrow some money.

Dr. Anirudh, a neurosurgeon at Ramaiah Hospital has agreed to perform the second surgery, along with an ENT specialist. The cost of the second procedure along with hospital stay will cost 2 lakhs (approx $2968) and he needs to have the operation at the earliest. Any extra amount raised over and above the 2 lakh hospital estimate will go towards Joseph's ongoing medication for his cancer post his surgery.








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