Three years ago, Swagathika Acharya was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer when she was pursuing law. At the Raithal base camp in Uttarakhand, the 24-year-old lawyer is triumphant about completing a four-day trek to the Dayara Bugyal.
“I want my actions to speak louder than words. Cancer is not the end of life; there’s life beyond cancer. I did it!” she says. Now in remission, she is one of the eight cancer survivors who scaled 11,830 feet for the “Peak to Peak — Winning over Cancer’‘ expedition organised by Apollo Cancer Centers in partnersip with IndiaHikes.
While some members of the group completed their treatment last year, others completed it a few years ago. Aged between 24 and 71, the group was accompanied by two senior oncologists, two nurses, a communications team, photographers and videographers. Apollo’s team of oncologists selected participants, who were moderately fit, from across the country
