More Success Stories
Sadia
Sadia came to Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in 2008. She was diagnosed with leukaemia. After nearly two and a half years of treatment, Sadia beat cancer in 2010. We wish her a healthy, prosperous and fulfilling life. more details »
Saba
Saba, my three year old daughter, was lying on my lap, listening to a story. It was her bedtime. It was then that I noticed that something was wrong with her. When she turned away from the light, I saw a glassy reflection across her eye. All I knew was that I had to get… more details »
Ahsan
“Ahsan has A-L-L.” said the doctor to my mother. I listened to them, trying to understand the code language they were speaking in. “What is ALL?” I thought to myself. When they left the room, I searched through a book about the disease and what I learned scared me a little. I was 11 years… more details »
Sumaira
In 1994, Sumaira Yousaf was admitted to Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) as its first regular registered patient. Before coming to SKMCH&RC, Sumaira was suffering from severe pains and underwent surgery at a local hospital but six months later, her problem recurred. Cancer was diagnosed. Sumaira was then brought to us.… more details »
Inaam Ur Rehman
It started off as a normal sunny day in the month of July when my children were playing with each other. I was also busy doing the household chores when suddenly I found out that my youngest son Inaam who was 7 years at the time, started to vomit uncontrollably. We discovered that he had… more details »
Muhammad Salman
I was studying electrical engineering in Peshawar when I discovered that I had developed cancer. It came without warning - my first symptoms were excruciating pain in my legs and back, associated with rapid weight loss. I went to a number of doctors in Peshawar, but no one seemed to be able to find out… more details »
Sumaira Akram
My belief that all life rests in the hands of Allah gave me the courage to fight cancer. I recall that in the winter of 2007, after I had returned from Haj, I started to feel weakness and pain in my legs and back. I sought a number of opinions and treatments but nothing seemed… more details »
Mehtab
In 2008, my 8-year old granddaughter Mehtab Dar, a student of Beaconhouse School System Sialkot, was diagnosed with blood cancer. The news left our family devastated. The thought of losing the sprightly little innocent soul was heart wrenching. We believed that we really had no hope against cancer but still somehow managed to follow the… more details »
Rubina Saeed Malik
Life doesn’t always remain the same and I guess this is what makes it so beautiful. Seventeen years ago while living in Geneva I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (a kind of cancer). I underwent treatment there and recovered successfully and was living a normal and happy life with my family only to find out… more details »
Waqas Khan
They say that ‘life is what happens to you while you are busy making plans’. I had made lots of plans about my education, my career and the bright future that lay ahead of me, in fact everything in life but CANCER. It had never occurred to me, as I turned 14, that I was… more details »