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


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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