This neurodegenerative disease killed Dr Lee Wei Ling, Lee Kuan Yew's daughter


Consultant neurologist Dr Lee Wei Ling, daughter of the late former prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, was not shy about sharing her journey with progressive supranuclear palsy, which she was diagnosed with in 2020 and passed away from on Oct 9. — The Straits Times/ANN filepic

You’ve probably never heard of it because it is extremely rare.

Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare brain disease.

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