Success Stories

Read patients success stories and accompany our heroes in their journey of hope. Along the way, you will witness remarkable displays of perseverance by the patients as well as their doctors in the face of this difficult battle. Read these stories as a tribute to the fighting spirit of our patients.

 

Asad

Every time my one and only son Asad has to choose a toy, he picks out a superhero figure. Thor is his current favourite.

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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

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Abu Hurera

Abu Hurera is our only son among three daughters and is very special to us. He was four years old when he developed fever, which would not get better. This

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Ali Asad

Life is really a unique puzzle in itself. Like the heartbeat, it is full of ups and downs. Sometime you fall into a pit of darkness that you may not

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Karzil

“I never imagined that children could get cancer. I thought it was such a horrible disease that only adults could get it—until my six-year old daughter, Karzil, was diagnosed with

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Khushba Naz

“We never knew what cancer was till we took our four-year-old daughter Khusba Naz to SKMCH&RC in Lahore and held our hands in prayers hoping for a miracle of light

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Musa Warsi

“Our Musa is a bright and resilient boy who loves playing with his collection of toy cars. His resilience was truly tested when he was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma at

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Aoun Haider

I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer but then my life changed forever on that eventful hot summer day! I still remember that blistering hot summer day. I was taking

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Zahra Shafique

Watching your child grow through the developmental stages – like learning to sit, crawl, take the first tottering step – is a joyful process for every parent. It is shocking

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Nimra

“At that tender age, I didn’t know the meaning of cancer. The only thing I remember was going to Shaukat Khanum Hospital for regular treatment while taking extended leave from

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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