Kerala orders 2,159 bottles of SMA drug for children
Kerala's Health Minister told the state Assembly that orders have been issued for 2,159 bottles of a drug for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The government says the Kerala United Against Rare Diseases scheme is being used to provide timely, life-saving treatment to affected children.
ContextContext: SMA is a rare genetic disease that weakens muscles and affects children, and its treatments are often costly. Many families depend on state schemes to get medicines that they could not otherwise afford.
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