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Assam's national level archer battles with her life due to poor financial conditions

| | Apr 06, 2017, at 03:30 am
Guwahati, Apr 5 (IBNS): Gohela Boro, a national level archer hails from Assam's Kokrajhar district, is now battling for her life since couple of years due to her poor financial conditions.

She has suffered an unknown disease but could not afford better treatment.

Gohela, who won 72 medals in various national, state level competitions is now facing huge financial problems.

The national level archer, who hails from New Amguri village in the BTAD district, is now battling for her life after she was diagnosed with a disease.

According to her family, Gohela has been suffering since November 2006 and doctors advised to consult physicians of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology department in AIIMS Delhi and Apollo hospital in Chennai.

But Gohela or her family could not afford the required treatment due to poor financial conditions.

She had won 13 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze medals in various national level archery competitions while won 11 gold, 9 silver and 2 bronze medals in state level competitions.

Gohela also selected to represent India in international event, but she could not participate due to her illness.

In 2015, Gohela won four gold medals including three in individual events in 60th National School Games held in Guwahati.

Gohela is now taking treatment at Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH).

The family members and the villagers urged Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and the state government to help the national level archer for her better future.


(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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