Cancer patients from all across the country consider Mumbai as the best option for treatment. And each year, many school-going kids from different states are brought to the hospitals in the city to undergo treatment for the disease. The prolonged and painful treatment takes them away from their homes, often forcing them to miss months of school and fall behind in their studies. Taking cognizance of this problem, the BMC’s education department is planning to join forces with the NGO CanKids to set up a school for cancer-stricken children near Parel railway station.

Novel gesture: The idea to prepare a separate school for these kids was conceived during Children’s Day celebrations last year, when BMC officials announced that the classes would be heldu00a0in Jagannath Bhatankar Municipalu00a0School in Parel. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar