 New Delhi: Seven-year-old Akshit Gupta lay feeling drained in the children's ward after undergoing radiotherapy at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), when a man in joker's costume entered the room and performed some amusing acts, bringing a smile on his and other children's faces, who are fighting cancer.
NGO Uday Foundation organised a magic show at Dr. B.R.A Institute-Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, on the occasion of Children's Day - the birth anniversary of the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
"I loved it and it was really nice. I got a lot of gifts and chocolates," said Gupta, who is suffering from blood cancer.
The show was organised for a group of 200 children who had come to AIIMS for cancer check-up and treatment.
According to doctors, some of the children are in a very critical stage and have been undergoing radiotherapy for quite some time.
"It was really great to see these children smile and they clapped after every performance. The whole idea was to make these children enjoy their day after undergoing painful cancer treatment," said Rahul Verma, co-founder, Uday Foundation.
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