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…
Patient Support Group Meeting – Dharwad @ 19 Nov
Report by FOM Soumya The Max Foundation along with Dr. Prasad P Gunari’s initiative organised the Patient Support Group Meeting…
Aurangabad Patient Support Group Meeting – 19 Nov
Report by FOM Pramod John George Aurangabad, known The City of Gates, was where we had our Friends of Max…
New Horizons GIST Annual Conference (1-3 Oct 2017) Report
Report by Dr Nikhil Guhagarkar FOM Volunteer New Horizons GIST is an annual conference dedicated to the latest advances of…
The 6th National Conference: Teen & Young Adult Cancers
Harshad Purandare (FOM Volunteer during the Conference at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 2-3 Sept 2017) believes in “structured activism”…
Patient Support Group Meeting @ Indore (MP) 27 August
Report by FOM Volunteer Rishi Arora Sunday 27 August 2017 was a much awaited day for all M.P. FOM members…
Life Raft Group USA launches new websites for GIST patients
The Life Raft Group USA, a GIST support group dedicated to finding a cure through research & patient support by…
Life Raft Group launches new websites for GIST patients
The Life Raft Group USA, a GIST support group dedicated to finding a cure through research & patient support by…
GIST Awareness Day Meet 8 July
Report by FOM Volunteer Dr Nikhil Guhagarkar On Saturday the 8th July 2017, The Max Foundation arranged a grand celebration…
Mumbai Patient Group Meet @ 7 May
Report by FOM Volunteer Divya Kumar Jotwani It all started with an SMS. In the month of April, my phone…
A Ray Of Hope: Pune Regional Meet 9 April
Report by Krishnadas Dhake Sundays are always looked forward to, but the Sunday of 9th April 2017 was awaited more…
Bihar Regional Meet (2 April): “I found another family”
– A touching testimony by Nitesh Kumar Verma “Myself Nitesh — patient of CML, from Ara, Bihar. “I attend the…
Meet at St John’s Medical College Hospital – Bangalore
Report by FOM Volunteer Soumya FOM participated in a Patient Support Group Meeting organised by St John’s Medical College Hospital (Bangalore)…
GIST Patient Support Group Meeting – Mumbai
Report by FOM Nandini Dabbir On 18th Feb, a bright and sunny day at Mumbai, the GIST Patient Support Group…
LS 2016 Abhishek Sharma on Yoga for Fitness: “most special”
Working as a yoga and holistic fitness coach for the last 15 years, I have had a chance to conduct…
LS 2016 – Nirmesh Prakash – Secretary FOM, reflects on a special occasion
My dear Sisters and Brothers, Do you all know that we have grown into the world’s largest CML/GIST cancer patient…
LS 2016 – Keynote Address by Amit Vaidya
I’m grateful and honored to be amongst you today. We, all of us in this room embody survival, embody hope,…
LS 2016 – Message from Ranjit Shahani, Vice Chairman & MD Novartis India
First of all let me say how blessed I feel each time I get the opportunity to either meet with…
LS 2016 Address by Pat Garcia-Gonzalez, CEO – The Max Foundation
Dearest Trustees, dear City Chapter Leaders of Friends of Max, dear Guests, it is my deepest pleasure to be here…
Leadership Summit 2016 – Second Day in Kochi
Report by Amruta Patidar Volunteer FOM Pune The third Leadership Summit was held in the beautiful city of Kochi, which…
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.
