Patient Advocacy in India

 

For Arunav Misra, it was a rapid descent. The 62-year-old Delhi-based environmental consultant had raced with a volunteer squad to the Gujarat earthquake site in January 2001 to help with rescue, rehabilitation, and relief. He lifted 100 dead bodies from the debris. Some days he couldn’t eat or sleep. After 15 days of providing logistical support, a stressed-out Arunav returned home with pain in his heart and stomach. The diagnosis: diabetes. That led to a mental-breakdown and months of depression, frustration, and agony as his diet changed and his everyday life was disrupted.

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