Salman Khan charmed a 12-yr-old to continue chemotherapy, often visits cancer wards; came with brothers to donate marrow: Activist

Taking to Instagram, Viji shared a photo with Salman and wrote, “It is an incredible honour to present to you all today someone who needs no introduction at all . Such a cliché but when one sets out to say the truth or state facts there seems to be no other recourse!! This is someone I have known for over 20 years. Someone who the first time I met him in Tata Hospital, gave me his phone number and said I could call anytime if there was anyone in need.”

 

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Salman motivated a 12-year-old to continue chemotherapy

In the post, Viji shared that Salman always ensured she had his phone number so she could reach out to him whenever a patient needed any kind of help. She also recalled an instance when Salman motivated a 12-year-old cancer patient, who had given up, to continue chemotherapy. “Someone who has called me every time he changed his phone number. Someone who spoke and coaxed and charmed over that very phone a 12-year-old girl to complete her chemotherapy when she was all set to give up because she was so tired of it all and in so much pain and distress. She is now a charming, exuberant 27 yr old sitting for her Public Administration exam by the way,” she wrote.

She further shared how the actor would often take out time from his busy schedule to spend moments with children battling cancer. “Someone who called me one evening saying he was in nearby Sewri, had just finished or cancelled shooting I do not remember and could we go visit the patients in the children’s ward? The children in KEM Hospital had a super treat in store for them that evening,” she wrote.

 

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Salman gave his gold ring to a dying patient

She also recalled how Salman generously gave away his gold earring to a dying patient. “This is someone who calls me every time he hears of a person in need of support due to a brush with cancer – his best friend’s father, his father’s old studio hand, someone from his neighbourhood who needs counselling …Someone who took off his gold ear ring and asked me to take it across to the young boy who was dying of a bone malignancy in Meerut,” she said.

Salman asked his brothers to be donors for a marrow transplant

Sharing more instances of Salman’s close involvement in cancer care and how he once asked his brothers to step forward as donors, she wrote, “This is someone who read in the papers that a young girl needed a donor for a marrow transplant and called me to say he was bringing his brothers and coming over to see if their blood would match.”

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Salman hosted a cancer patient at his house

She also recalled how Salman once hosted a young cancer patient at his house. “This is someone who said he would take time from his shooting schedule and meet a little patient from Indore in the studios and when the shoot was cancelled just asked us over to his house and entertained the delighted little one for well over an hour,” she wrote.

She ended the note by writing, “Ladies and gentleman I present to you all the one and only Salman Khan. My friend in cancer care for many years” Happy 60th dear Salman! Jag ghumeya thaare jaisa na koi @beingsalmankhan.”