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Benaras. This is being designed keeping in mind
Pawan Kumar Rai
Dedicated to serve
Cancer Patients!!
Pawan Kr. Rai, one of the Founder
members of the National Cancer
Foundation and Tara Cancer
Foundation continued to serve
cancer patients responsibly but
later separated himself from both
these organizations and carried
forward all on his own. Experts
say that during last two decades,
he has not only guided more than
1500 patients but stood as a true
server with patients and their
family in their despair state.
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These days Pawan Kr. Rai is working on a
scheme called ‘Karunashram’ with advanced
stage cancer patients near Ganga Ghat in
bone cancer and while visiting his house, I could feel
the cancer patients and their families in such a
way that they & their families suffer lesser pain the problems his father was facing and that changed my
path. In 1995, while at Jhumari Tilaiya, I worked as sales
representatives & traded in medicines but did not feel like
in the last moment and can attain salvation in
remembered my friend’s late father all the time which led
Kaashi city. working and returned back to Kolkata and very fondly
me to the path of social -service unknowingly. Pawan Rai’s
father Mr. Kameshwar Nath Rai and mother Sudeshwari
Devi share that their son never ran after money and is
living like a ‘sanyasi’ in this materialistic world too. Pawan
Kr. Rai, a distinguished social-worker and the Messiah of
Cancer patients, says that in this long journey of my social
service, my companion Dr. Anita Rai and India’s well
known oncologist and Director of Cachar Cancer Trust
year old, Pawan Kumar Rai, called despair state. Hospital, Padamshree Dr. Ravi Kanan has a huge role.
as ‘Mausaji’ with love among young Pawan Rai, whose roots lie in a Dr. Kanan said that if cancer patients have to be served,
doctors, was born in Gazipur farmer family, spent his childhood in then they need to approach remote areas to find out such
of Uttar Pradesh. He is Jhumaritilaiya and passed his tenth patients and after identifying them, apart from making
known as an empathetic exam in 1982 from Rameshwar them aware of this disease, guidance too is needed so
Modi Mahadev High School in
that they can get proper treatment in minimum cost. Dr.
guide and devoted whole -
heartedly to the service Chandwara. After completing his +2 Ravi Kanan is also one of the Founding Members of Tara
of cancer patients. Pawan from DAV Inter College, Varanasi, Cancer Foundation and National Cancer Foundation.
Kumar Rai, chose Kolkata
as his center to work for Cancer Pawan completed his B. Pharma These days Pawan Kr. Rai is working on a scheme called
‘Karunashram’ with advanced stage cancer patients near
from Bihar College of Pharmacy
patients and he has earned a lot of in 1989 and reached Mumbai to Ganga Ghat in Benaras. This is being designed keeping
look for a job. After working in
in mind the cancer patients and their families in such a
reputation for his selfless service
in the last two decades which is the Production Division of many way that they & their families suffer lesser pain in the last
praiseworthy. Pawan Kr. Rai, one famous pharmaceutical companies moment and can attain salvation in Kaashi city. Besides,
of the Founder members of the for 3 years, he came back to Kolkata Dr. S. P Gupta, a famous doctor from Benaras, the three
National Cancer Foundation and
member committee of Karunashram includes country’s
and was married to Dr. Anita Rai, a
Tara Cancer Foundation continued well-known academician of Kolkata well known senior Journalist Dinesh Anand. Dr. S. P
to serve cancer patients responsibly
Gupta reveals that we plan to start this Hotspice in 2-3
on 23rd June. It is worth mentioning
but later separated himself from that she is currently a teacher in the bigaha land and is expected to be ready in few years.
both these organizations and carried Govt. Of West Bengal and is working Hospital in Gorakhpur, UP continues to serve cancer
Pawan Kr. Rai, honored by Hanuman Poddar Cancer
forward all on his own. Experts say
in Kamala Shiksha Sadan.
that during last two decades, he has In response to a question asked patients day & night and is available on phone calls
not only guided more than 1500 on the service of cancer patients, coming from every corner of country till late night shares
patients but stood as a true server Pawan Kr. Rai shares that a friend that God has made him capable enough so that people
with patients and their family in their of mine told him that his father had can share their sorrows with him and can get guided.