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PM Modi calls army veteran after a tweet on need for breast cancer drug for sister, PM assures help

PM Modi calls retired Lt Gen Hooda assures that his ailing sister's request on new breast cancer drug will be considered

PGurus Newsdesk

December 19, 2021

PM Modi calls retired Lt Gen Hooda assures that his ailing sister's request on new breast cancer drug will be considered

PM Modi assures help to the ailing Retd Lt Gen Hooda’s sister

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured assistance to Indian Army Lieutenant General (Retired) Deependra Singh Hooda‘s sister Sushma Hooda for her ailment.

Sushma Hooda is the wife of a former Indian Army officer and is suffering from triple-negative metastatic breast cancer, which has very limited treatment options in India. She is currently undergoing her treatment at the Army Hospital in Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to former Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General (Retd) D S Hooda and assured help in seeking drugs for his ailing sister who is diagnosed with breast cancer.

Lt Gen Hooda had sought the PM’s intervention in granting approval for a drug that can save the life of his 68-year-old sister, Sushma Hooda, and several others who are suffering from a special kind of cancer.

Hooda had tagged the Prime Minister’s Office and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in his tweets to seek government intervention to approve a drug that can give patients suffering from triple-negative metastatic breast cancer a chance of life.

“I start this tweet by admitting that I have a personal interest. My sister Sushma Hooda is a cancer patient of several years with dwindling hope. Keeping sentiments aside, approval of the new drug may give a fighting chance of survival to many like her,” said the former Indian Army officer in his tweet.

Sushma Hooda had tweeted, “An appeal to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi as a cancer patient and an Army Veteran’s wife.

An appeal to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi as a cancer patient and an Army Veteran’s wife @PMO_NaMo @PMOIndia @mansukhmandviya @OfficeOf_MM @adgpi @LtGenHooda pic.twitter.com/RCCfMnSIPi

— Sushma Hooda (@SushmaHooda) December 18, 2021

Sushma Hooda wrote to the Prime Minister, “There is hope for us now as the USFDA has tested and approved as first-line treatment a new drug called Sacituzumab Govitecanor (Trodelvy) in April 2021. Also, the European Medicine Agency has approved it for medical use in November 2021.”

Appreciating the Prime Minister’s gesture, Lt Gen Hooda tweeted, “Received a call from the Prime Minister’s Office and spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who expressed concern over the case. Truly humbled and honoured on receiving his call and his words that the case would be looked into. Proud to be an Indian and even prouder of the PM’s personal intervention. Jai Hind.”

Received a call from @PMOIndia and spoke with PM Narendra Modi who expressed concern over the case. Truly humbled and honoured on receiving his call and his words that the case would be looked into. Proud to be an Indian and even prouder of the PMs personal intervention. Jai Hind https://t.co/FPBVAPVWQ2

— Lt Gen D S Hooda (@LtGenHooda) December 18, 2021