I
will serve the world and poor people if
I win the title – if this sounded
like a cliché to you uttered by the
beauty queens when they were being crowned,
you guessed it right, yes it is. But when
it comes to Sushmita, she seemed to have
taken the famous tagline to her heart. Sushmita
extended a helping hand to the Pakistani
cricketer Imran Khan in raising funds for
the cancer hospital founded by him.
She
called off her shoots to be in Dubai
to raise funds for the Shaukat Khanum
Memorial Cancer Hospital, which Imran
has built in the memory of his mother.
The hospital was built by Imran to
eradicate cancer and his inspiration
came when he lost his mother to the
deadly disease, Sushmita stated. Imran
is planning to offer free cancer treatment
to 70% of the patients in his hospital
since many who are affected with cancer
could not afford the expensive treatment.
I am happy I rendered my help for
a noble cause, Sushmita declared.
Sush
attended a three-hour telecom in Dubai
for two days followed by an auction
dinner in which she put her painting
under the hammer for the first time
– not many knew that Sushmita
could paint as well. To everyone’s
surprise Sushmita’s painting
fetched a whopping 25 lakh Indian
rupees which she donated to the funds
of the hospital. She will fly to Lahore
in the near future to inaugurate the
hospital. Imran is obviously happy
with Sushmita’s favor and offered
to visit India to attend a similar
program.
