Toddler With Rare Genetic Disorder Gets ₹ 16 Crore Injection Free From US Firm

Nashik:  The upcoming second birthday of Shivraj Daware, who is from Nashik in Maharashtra, will be very special for his parents who claimed that the toddler, suffering from a rare genetic disorder, had become the first such patient from India who was given a ₹ 16 crore life-saving injection by a…

World’s costliest injection not enough to save Vedika; 1-year-old girl loses battle to spinal muscular atrophy

One-year-old Vedika Sourabh Shinde, whose deteriorating health condition due to a genetic disorder had drawn worldwide support, passed away Sunday evening at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune. Vedika was suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic disease affecting the central nervous system and…