A bandra resident who had to stall breast cancer surgery as she tested positive for COVID-19, has beaten the latter after over a month. Now she is waiting to get her strength back before going for the crucial surgery.

Mahnaaz Lokhandwala, 62, who is suffering from breast cancer, was all set to go in for the surgery when she found that her doctor had tested positive for COVID. Lokhandwala, who earlier headed the pre-school at Jamnabai Narsee School, was diagnosed with cancer in July. "I didn't go anywhere for four months in the lockdown and then I found about the cancer. The surgery to remove the tumour was scheduled for August 26 and had to be cancelled after the doctor tested positive for COVID," she said. Lokhandwala suspects that she had caught the infection from her doctor.