kolkata as kolkata gets ready to witness the final battle for world cup glory on sunday night there are many under treatment at the citys hospitals who have been eagerly following messis magic and mbappes march and hope to catch their duel on tv they include scores of cancer patients admitted for chemotherapy or surgery and are recuperating but the football fever is something that has kept many of them energized forcing several hospitals to alter their rules allow them to watch the final that will be played late in the eveningsaroj gupta cancer centre research institute at thakurpukur for instance has allowed all its 150 patients now admitted to watch the match while around 30 are not in a physical condition to be able to stay up late for the match the rest will be watching it at their cabins and wards said director arnab gupta football gets everyone excited in bengal and the world cup has a universal appeal many of our patients have been watching the games since the beginning and these include children now we have 30 children admitted and they will all be watching the final it is important for cancer patients to remain happy and motivated and the world cup has helped them said guptaluckily for patients the match starts at 930 pm unlike the semifinals that were played from 1230 am istat ruby general hospital too a bar on watching tv after 830 pm has been lifted for the match majority of our patients including many terminally ill at our cancer centre will be watching the match most are recuperating after surgeries or chemotherapy and remain weak but the world cup excitement hasnt left them untouched it wont be fair to stop anyone since the rest of the city will be watching it said general manager operations subhashish datta at fortis hospital a projector will be used to show the match to patients at a common area we have received multiple requests from patients so we will organize a screening under the supervision of doctors and nurses said facility director ashish mukherjeemedica superspecialty hospital has allowed interested patients to watch the match we have advised them to take a responsible decision ensure that they remain safe healthy if they watch the match said medica cancer hospital director sourav dattapatients admitted at twinsharing cabins at peerless hospital have requested the authorities to install tv sets at their rooms the request is being considered said ceo sudipta mitra peerless like many other hospitals has subscribed to the broadcasting channel to let patients watch the world cup matches many have watched the matches right from the start said mitrawill that pose a health risk staying up late is not advised to any patient but this match should end by 1130 pm also critical patients will not be watching it for they are in the icu