“Baheya family was the best supporter of me in the days of suffering and pain. Among them, I never felt lonely as I found all people helping for nothing since my first day in the hospital. In the beginning, I thought it was all about money, but I was surprised that all treatment phases were for free, and I was not charged a pound. Everything provided in Baheya Hospital is free. Furthermore, breast cancer patients receive emotional and psychological support.” Said Hind Bughdadi, one of the breast cancer fighters. 

Hind Bughdadi Ahmad, a woman in her 40s, is widowed and has her only son as a dependant. Life went as usual. Her day starts in the morning when she wakes up to do the housework and takes her only son to his school. Life was very monotonous, and she hoped for some change to happen, but she never wished to have breast cancer.  Suddenly, Hind felt pain in the area of her breast. When she told her friend, she advised her to call Baheya Hospital at once to be reassured. She called them and after a short while, she got a phone call from them to schedule an appointment for doing the necessary tests and scans.  There, she discovered that she had breast cancer.  

Hind describes this moment: “I left the hospital and decided to walk alone on the street. I was in a flood of tears, and I wanted to scream. The only question I had in my mind was: What will happen to my only child? Will I leave him alone as his dad did? I do not remember how many times or how long I walked but I was very angry, and I wanted to be isolated from the world and my whole life. The only decision I took was not to tell anyone in the family about the matter.  I will face cancer with the Baheya Family only”.  

Hind never had a job during her lifetime. She was only a housewife. A few years after her marriage, her husband had an accident that caused him to be crippled so she was responsible for the family. After she had breast cancer and joined the Baheya family, her life changed completely. Hind says: “During the journey of treatment, I know the volunteering work and Baheya was keen on developing my skills gradually during the treatment journey and the surprising step was to help me join the American University in Cairo to take a training course in entrepreneurship. At that time, I decided to start my project. After these years, when I think of cancer, I see it as a new chance of life”.