Srinagar: Hope blooms in the tulip gardens of Srinagar. Some kids with cancer just came back and had a great experience.The children were taken from Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) to a garden on the banks of Dal Lake on Monday as part of the hospital’s immunotherapy efforts – boosting the immune system with hope, optimism and positivity. There were about a dozen children. The oldest is 18 years old and the youngest is only 4 years old.The transformation was rapid. The mood inside the hospital was somber as a SKIMS bus carrying children left the hospital. Many people wore masks. Their attendants sat quietly. When they reached the garden, the atmosphere in the car changed. The sight of the tulips brought smiles to the children’s faces, and many appeared more relaxed as the visit progressed.In photos posted later, the group smiled together, capturing a rare moment of relaxation away from the gloomy hospital ward. “The body’s internal immunity not only fights bacterial and viral infections, but also fights and kills cancer cells. The outing of these children is part of the immunotherapy. We are working to enhance the immunity of these children, which can help our treatment be more effective,” SKIMS Director M. Ashraf Ganie told us. toy.Feedback from doctors who accompanied the children indicated that the children’s moods had greatly improved compared to when they were hospitalized. “The kids are so happy. It reassures the kids and their families that this is not something they can’t fight,” Ghani said.This is the first SKIMS initiative of its kind and the hospital has been preparing for it for nearly a month. “We planned the outing around the kids’ chemotherapy schedules so we didn’t miss any doses. Doctors stayed with them throughout the entire process and took all precautions. ” Ghani said, adding that meals were also arranged for the children and waiters during the trip.The hospital plans to formally assess the impact of the initiative through questionnaire-based feedback from children and their caregivers. “These findings will help determine whether similar projects can be organized in the future as part of a holistic approach to pediatric cancer care,” Ghani said.
