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Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 22: On a hot April afternoon in Surat, the Patel family sat in a crowded hospital waiting room, clutching a CT scan report that felt heavier than paper. The words were sharp, merciless: advanced liver cancer, spread across both lobes, blocked veins, fluid buildup, bone changes. For 74-year-old Ravjibhai (name changed), the doctors spoke plainly: there was no cure left, only comfort care.
“You could say it was the moment we stopped talking about tomorrow,” remembers his nephew, Dr. Siddharth Patel. “We…
