Former Shiva Boys student loses cancer fight in India
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August 17, 2026
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Five months after leaving Trinidad for India in the hope of beating cancer, 20-year-old Dinesh Gadraj has died after undergoing a bone marrow transplant, leaving his family devastated and his mother struggling to come to terms with his death.
Gadraj, a former student of Shiva Boys Hindu College, had travelled to India for specialised treatment after battling high-risk B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, which had relapsed and become resistant to standard treatment.
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