Bhakti Chavan

Country: India

Bhakti was diagnosed with Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in 2017 and required long term treatment with daily painful injections and medicines with extreme adverse effects.

She was fortunate to receive newer medicines for her treatment through an International NGO as the national health system was not providing them at that time. Even with the newer medicines, she had to take a break from studies and social life for more than a year, not to forget the repeated hospital admissions to manage the adverse effects of medicines.

Two years of treatment converted the young chirpy girl into a champion for patients with drug-resistant Tuberculosis. Bhakti is a clinical research professional and works for a biotech company