In the long battle against life-threatening diseases, a little help can go a long way. This is why India's biggest tuberculosis hospital complex in Sewri has started a campaign called Beside the Bed, that provides patients with books to read by their bedsides.

Granth Tumchyadari Kusumagraj Pratishthan, a Nashik-based book trust that provides books at doorsteps, has donated 125 old books to the hospital. The collection includes titles on philosophy, history, and novels across languages. The hospital's new book reading service will be the first-of-its-kind in any civic-run hospital in Mumbai.