Pooja Dadwal finally got discharged from hospital after a five-month-long struggle with tuberculosis. Actor Salman Khan helped his Veergati co-star in the treatment by funding for it from his charitable organisation. According to sources, Pooja’s family had left her to fight the battle all alone and it was only because of Salman Khan that she survived the illness.
When she was hospitalised in the Sewri Hospital, she weighed just 23 kgs. She was provided with oxygen support from the hospital for a period of approximately two months, according to the hospital staff reports. Both her lungs were infected and then, Salman Khan stepped in to provide financial aid through his Being Human Foundation.
The Bhojpuri star, Ravi Kishan also aided Pooja for her treatment along with Salman Khan. After getting discharged, Pooja is now heading to Goa. Her treatment will continue for another month until she is absolutely fine.
She wrote a thankful note for Salman Khan that read ” I can’t describe how I am feeling. When I was hospitalised on March 2, I thought I was going to die there – bedridden in a corner of that depressing ward. My family and friends had abandoned me. I gave up all hope after the doctors told me that my lungs were severely affected. Incessant coughing and breathlessness had left me weak. And I saw so many like me, dying all alone – their friends and family, like mine, had deserted them. But then I decided that I don’t want to end up like that. I decided to fight, to not let the disease win. Yes, one of the side-effects of tuberculosis is social rejection but I am really thankful to Salman Khan who lent me the support. From clothes to soaps, diapers, food, medicines, his foundation took care of everything. If I survived the ordeal, it is only because of him”.