"""EXCLUSIVE: By Dinesh Dubey in India Something that started as a small white dot in the eyeball of three-year boy six months ago, has now gone on to cover his entire left eye and put his life at risk. Keffrien Reang who hails from Dhalai district of north Indian state of Tripura, has been diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a cancer that starts in the retina, the very back part of the eye. His poor parents are unable to bear the expenses of his treatment. Sanjit Reang (35), a small-time farmer who makes around Rs 4000 every month, and finds it difficult to support a family of five - his wife and three children. The disease started with a small white dot in the eyeball some eight to nine months ago. His parents took him to local doctors and """"My second son has been diagnosed with ratinoblastoma last year. I know his condition is getting worse by the day, but I am not able to do anything for him,"""" says Reang. Around a year ago, they spotted a small off-white spot on the eyeball. The family initially thought it is a minor problem and ignored it thinking that the spot would go away on its own. But when the problem started to get worse, they took him to the local hospital. The doctors prescribed some ointments and medicines and sent them back, assuring that the problem would be solved. As time passed by, the problem started to worsen. """"It was then we decided to take him to Agartala medical hospital. The boy was then referred to the regional cancer hospital and from there the boy was referred to another facility but nobody could give a proper diagnosis,"""" says Reang. After a month-long diagnosis, the Agartala facility referred them to Regional Cancer Hospital in the same town. From there, they referred him to Shankar Netralaya in Guwahati in the neighbouring state of Assam. In the end, doctors at Dr B Barroah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, diagnosed that the boy has a retinoblastoma in the left eye. But the family couldn't go ahead with his treatment as they couldn't afford"""
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