Wellness

One couple's fight to get treatment for their son with SMA

By Tan Shiow Chin
Yap (left) and Lim administering Branden's daily dose of risdiplam, which he is currently receiving for free under a patient access programme. — Photos: ART CHEN/The Star

One of the most devastating things that can happen to a parent is finding out that your child has an incurable, terminal illness.

The signs that Branden Lim, 12, was not a regular healthy baby came as soon as he was born.

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