<p class="title">A Kerala woman, who was subjected to chemotherapy treatment at a government hospital following wrong diagnosis of cancer, is still awaiting assistance from the government despite assurances from the higher-ups.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thirty-eight year old Rajani, a native of Thiruvalla in Alappuzha district, is planning to launch a stir if there is no favourable response from the authorities in the next ten days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajani, who hails from a financially weak family, lost her job at a textile shop after showed side effects of chemotherapy like hair fall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As Rajani's plight hit headlines in June, there was a strong demand to the government to given her a job and some financial assistance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Subsequently, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced that the government would provide all assistance to Rajani.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Till date I did not receive any assistance from the government for the ordeal I faced at a government hospital," Rajani told DH.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After Rajani staged a sit-in in front of a taluk office in Alappuza, the district administration assured her assistance by September 25.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajani said that though she received an SMS from Kerala Health and Family Welfare department on August 7 that her application for assistance was settled, she did not receive any further details about it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If there is no favourable action from the government till September 25, I will be left with no other option, but to launch a stir pleading for justice," Rajani said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior official of the Alappuzha collectorate said that the government was considering Rajani's case a special one and this t could be the reason for the delay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajani had turned up for treatment at the government medical college hospital at Kottayam in February after she developed a lump in her breast.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The doctor who examined her referred to the laboratory at the hospital as well as a nearby private laboratory, Dianova.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The private lab's report said that the lump was cancerous and the doctors started chemotherapy without waiting for the government lab report, which said that it was not cancerous.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case for medical negligence was registered against Oncologist Dr Sresh Kumar, surgeon Dr Renjin and the private laboratory owner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A expert panel formed by the government also submitted a report, however, no actions has been taken against them so far.</p>
<p class="title">A Kerala woman, who was subjected to chemotherapy treatment at a government hospital following wrong diagnosis of cancer, is still awaiting assistance from the government despite assurances from the higher-ups.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thirty-eight year old Rajani, a native of Thiruvalla in Alappuzha district, is planning to launch a stir if there is no favourable response from the authorities in the next ten days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajani, who hails from a financially weak family, lost her job at a textile shop after showed side effects of chemotherapy like hair fall.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As Rajani's plight hit headlines in June, there was a strong demand to the government to given her a job and some financial assistance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Subsequently, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced that the government would provide all assistance to Rajani.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Till date I did not receive any assistance from the government for the ordeal I faced at a government hospital," Rajani told DH.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After Rajani staged a sit-in in front of a taluk office in Alappuza, the district administration assured her assistance by September 25.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajani said that though she received an SMS from Kerala Health and Family Welfare department on August 7 that her application for assistance was settled, she did not receive any further details about it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If there is no favourable action from the government till September 25, I will be left with no other option, but to launch a stir pleading for justice," Rajani said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior official of the Alappuzha collectorate said that the government was considering Rajani's case a special one and this t could be the reason for the delay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajani had turned up for treatment at the government medical college hospital at Kottayam in February after she developed a lump in her breast.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The doctor who examined her referred to the laboratory at the hospital as well as a nearby private laboratory, Dianova.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The private lab's report said that the lump was cancerous and the doctors started chemotherapy without waiting for the government lab report, which said that it was not cancerous.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case for medical negligence was registered against Oncologist Dr Sresh Kumar, surgeon Dr Renjin and the private laboratory owner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A expert panel formed by the government also submitted a report, however, no actions has been taken against them so far.</p>
