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Treating rare diseases can break the bank
Difficult to diagnose and expensive to treat, children with a rare disease mostly succumb to their condition after living in pain for years. Doctors...
HC to set up med board to examine infant suffering from SMA, needing...
6 July 2021 4:27 PMThe infant's father, who is an autorickshaw driver, has moved the high court, seeking free treatment for his son as the same costs around Rs 18 crore...
CM asks Fin Min to exempt taxes for life saving drugs for SMA
13 July 2021 8:35 AMSMA is a rare disease causing loss of nerve cells, which carry electrical signals from the brain to muscles. For the children affected by it, gene...
Thanjai Collector launches funding drive for treatment of baby with...
3 Sept 2021 8:13 PMHe roped in several organizations, including Red Cross, IMA Thanjavur Chapter, Engineers Associations, and various foundations to support the baby.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy — A genetic disorder
10 March 2023 12:14 AMThe effectiveness of treatment would improve with earlier disease detection. Clinical investigations have shown that pre-symptomatic treatment with...
Same-sex marriage: SC hints at expanding ambit of SMA, says 'laws have...
20 April 2023 11:53 AMThe bench added that "your principle premise is that when the legislation was enacted in 1954, the object of the legislation was to provide a form of...