CML Horizons 2019 (Lisbon) Portugal
Report by Param (Parmeswaran PS) Trustee – Friends of Max CML Horizons started with CML CAB meeting on 16th May for…
Patient Support Group Meet @ Kolkata 25 May
Report by Cedric Mathew The large welcome banner displayed at the reception desk read “TOGETHER WE SHARE AND LEARN” –…
Patient Group Meeting @ Indore 6 April
Report by Reshma On 6th April 2019, the auspicious day of Gudi Padva, the CML and GIST support group meeting…
Patient Group Meeting @ Mangalore, 30 March
Report by FOM Volunteer Deepak The CML and GIST support group meeting was held at Mangalore on 30 March in…
Patient Group Meeting @ Bhubaneshwar 24 March
Report by FOM Arnav Dhanawat The day (24 March 2019) started bright and sunny with pleasant winds at Infocity, Patia…
FOM Patna Meeting on 17 March
Report by Nitesh Kumar Verma I am Nitesh Kumar Verma, CML patient from Ara, Bihar. I attended the seminar which…
Taking MPN Under Our Wing
Friends of Max, the Support Group Arm of The Max Foundation in India, is pleased to welcome the MPN Patient…
Rare Disease Day – 28 February 2019
Worldwide, “Rare Disease Day” is observed on the last day of February. The theme for 2019 is “Bridging Health and…
Report on GIST Patient Support Group Meeting 19 Feb
By FOM Rashmi Sachade Today I am writing about one of my most favourite event, the GIST Patient Support Group…
GIST Meet Mumbai 19 Feb 2019
GIST Support Group Meeting at Tata Memorial Hospital (Mumbai) on 19 Feb 2019 Dr Amit Gupta, Dr Rohit Pai, Markus…
Patient Group Meeting @ Aurangabad 25 Nov
Report by FOM Volunteer Seema Goud The Annual FOM Patient Support Group Meeting for CML & GIST Patients was held…
Drink For A Cause – how Chai for Cancer donations are utilized
After five years and 200 Addas in 70 cities, Chai for Cancer (the fundraiser and advocacy tool for Friends of…
Patient Support Group Meeting at Guwahati 22 Sept
Report by FOM Volunteer Champa Kumari The translocation of chromosome 9 & 22 causes CML hence September 22nd is celebrated…
Patient Group Meeting on World CML Day @ Puducherry 22 Sept
Report by FOM Volunteer Archana Shakti The Max Foundation along with Friends of Max held their patient support group meeting…
Patient Support Group Meeting @ Kanpur 12 Aug 2018
Report by FOM Volunteer Manav Bhargava The Friends Of Max Patient Support Group meeting was held on 12th August, 2018…
GIST Awareness day 2018
The first global GIST Awareness Day was observed on 13 July 2014 by the US-based Life Raft Group. The Life…
Patient Support Group Meeting in Mumbai
Report by FOM Volunteer Waman Joshi FOM Patient Support Group meeting was held on 24 June 2018 at Tata Memorial…
FOM Patient Support Group meeting, Mumbai
FOM Patient Support Group meeting held on 24 June 2018 at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. by FOM Volunteer Waman S…
GIST Patient Support Group Meeting – Mumbai @ 21 April
Report by FOM Volunteer Rashmi Sachade At 9:15 am on 21st April, 2018 I was really excited to meet everyone…
Patient Group Meeting @ Kolkata 13 April 2018
Report by FOM Volunteer Satadipa Sarkar (Das) Kolkata!!! The city of joy, capital of West Bengal is fairly well known…
Report on Patna Patient Group Meeting 17 March 2018
by FOM Volunteer Prashant Kumar Patna is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city…
Patient Support Group Meeting @ Raipur 28 January
Report by FOM Volunteer Aakash Agrawal On 28th Jan’18, I attended Patient support camp meeting which was organized for CML…
GIST Patient Support Group Meeting @ 6 Jan 2018
Report by FOM Volunteer Rashmi Sachade On the first Saturday of the year (6 Jan 2018) The Max Foundation along…
Patient Support Group Meeting @ Ahmedabad 6 Jan 2018
Report by FOM Volunteer Karan Vyas On 6 January 2018 CML and GIST patients support group meeting was held from…
Support Group Meetings
Our Patient Support Group Meetings are a means of building community resources and providing patients and caregivers with treatment-related information and emotional support. These gatherings, held in different cities and towns all over India, bring patients together and empower them by the sharing of and learning from each other’s experiences.
