Solan: Muscular dystrophy is a disease that weakens the muscles in the human body which results in the person being unable to walk but if one has strong will power and determination then this condition can not stop you from doing anything. One such example is Sanjana Goyal, a patient of muscular dystrophy who never took this disease as an obstacle in achieving her dreams.
She is a successful businesswoman and founder chairman of Asia's largest muscular dystrophy hospital, Manav Mandir, an NGO trying to make life better for patients of this incurable disease.
Sanjana has been spending her life on a wheelchair for the last 18 years and has made dozens of women self-reliant by providing them with employment in her boutique named 'Stitch and Style' in Solan.
Sanjana has done PG Diploma in B.Sc Home Science and a Fashion Designing course from Punjab University. Here are excerpts of ETV Bharat's conversation with Sanjana Goyal.
With confidence, a person can win over any medical issue
Sanjana shares that a person is nothing without confidence. She said that there is no cure for muscular dystrophy, but confidence is the biggest cure for this disease. Sanjana distributes free medicines for the treatment to children suffering from the disease and also create awareness among the families of the patients.
"This disease usually takes down more than one member of the same family. I saw my brothers suffering from this problem and I figured out in my school that I also suffer from the same problem." Sanjana said.
She further said, "No doubt it was difficult to live on my own but in retrospect; those difficulties have made me what I am today. Sometimes pain is also important in life."
Sanjana shares that every person who comes to Manav Mandir learns to live with confidence, which is the greatest medicine.
She said that with the help of the exercises like physiotherapy and hydrotherapy children and elders suffering from muscular dystrophy get motivated to live life with confidence and courage.
A lot more needs to be done now
The Muscular Dystrophy Center Manav Mandir gets all kinds of support from the Himachal government and has also been taken into the Health Department.
According to Sanjana, a person who is suffering from 30 percent dystrophy will continue to suffer more in the future and hence the government needs to pay attention to help these people so that they can move forward confidently in the society.
She wants everyone around her to understand that love is the answer and love is the way.
