NEET: This is the ‘real’ topper! Fought cancer for 2 years, prepared in terrible pain, cracked NEET with 715 marks

Cancer… whose name can send shivers down the spine of even the bravest. A child defeated that cancer as if it was a game. Because this child not only defeated a dreaded disease like cancer, but while fighting it, he/she also cracked the country’s second most difficult exam NEET. That too with 715 marks. That means he/she got only one question wrong. This child’s name is Maulik Patel. Maulik’s story must be read by every person who keeps crying about difficulties.

Maulik may have scored 5 marks less in NEET 2024, but he/she Well he/she is no less than a topper. Where children have to forget everything and prepare for the exam for two years, for Maulik the journey of those two years was like walking on thorns every moment. Read Maulik Patel’s story in his/her own words…

Maulik Patel NEET: Such is Maulik’s story

In a media interview, Maulik said, ‘It was the year 2022 when this terrible storm came in my life, which I will probably never forget. I was in 11th then. Suddenly there was pain during urination. When the test was done, it was found that there was a 10 cm tumor near the urinary bladder. After that, a biopsy was done, which revealed that I had cancer (sarcoma).’

‘Within a month, I started feeling changes inside me. Severe pain during urination, weakness all the time, high fever. A month after that, the first operation took place in June 2022. Then the process of chemotherapy started. Going to the hospital every day for 3 to 4 hours of chemotherapy. By October 2022, three sessions of chemo were done. I started having constant constipation, hair on my head fell off. Pain is a different matter.’

‘After this process, my tumor was reduced to 4 cm. During that time, I also gave coaching tests to prepare for NEET. But after 2-3 months, it was found that the tumor had again become 16 cm. In January 2023, surgery was again required. That year, I could neither give the board exam nor NEET.’

‘Second surgery happened, then the same sequence of Chemo. By July 2023, 31 radiation therapies had been done. My medicines stopped in December 2023. But during all this, I did not leave my studies. I could not go to school-coaching, but kept studying online daily. I believe that- whatever happens in life, do not give up. It is important to keep up the courage. You will win only if you think of winning.’

Maulik wants to become an oncologist

Maulik is the only child of his/her parents. The family lives in Ghatkopar, Mumbai. Now after this great success, Maulik himself wants to become an oncologist. he/she wants to treat the same disease that he/she is going to fight to become a doctor.