Kumbh Mela News: 'May Be Last Dip': Cancer Patient At Maha Kumbh Hopes For Miracle

A woman undergoing treatment for cancer took a dip in the Ganga river on Monday, hoping the auspicious occasion of Mauni Amavasya turns the tides for her and helps her battle the disease. Nirmala came to the Maha Kumbh fair grounds on a wheelchair and will depart for Mumbai today, where she will undergo chemotherapy at the Tata Memorial Hospital. Currently suffering from metastatic cancer, she had earlier undergone a gall bladder operation, after which the cancer surfaced in her head and then her lymph nodes. Though the woman is undergoing treatment since two years, her cancer has not been cured yet. Speaking to NDTV, her husband said that while Nirmala still has some time left, she should take a dip in the holy river. "The doctors have given up. The rest is upto God. Maybe she will be cured," he said, in tears.