Teen with curved spine in dire need of funds for surgery


Andy and Rashida speaking to Koh after the press conference. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

MOHAMAD Andy Hakimi Abdullah has always wanted to march with his school’s Youth Cadet Corps, but he cannot do so because he has adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (spinal curvature).

The 14-year-old SMK Bukit Jambul student used to play handball at school, but had to stop as he got breathless easily and could not walk far.

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