Iraqi baby Laveen receives Dh8 million injection on Thursday with Dubai Ruler’s aid

  • Date: 04-Mar-2021
  • Source: Gulf News
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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Iraqi baby Laveen receives Dh8 million injection on Thursday with Dubai Ruler’s aid

Dubai: Al Jalila Children's Speciality Hospital announced that it will administer the one-time lifesaving injection worth around Dh8 million to Iraqi toddler Laveen Jabbar Al Kutyashi on Thursday. Laveen was diagnosed with Stage II Spinal Muscular Dystrophy (SMA) - a genetic condition that delays motor development - and will received the treatment today thanks to the humanitarian gesture offered by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The treatment is considered one of the world's most expensive gene therapy. Without that one injection that can cure her SMA and reverse the symptoms, her condition would have seriously deteriorated, according to medical reports. Once the injection is administered, Laveen will be under observation around the clock, and will have to undergo a three-month rehabilitation programme, which will include rehabilitation and physical therapy, as well as weekly laboratory tests. "We have taken all the necessary medical measures for Laveen to take the necessary injection to treat her spinal atrophy disease, and arrangements have been made to ensure the success of the procedure," said Dr Mohammad Al Awadhi, chief executive officer of Al Jalila Children's Speciality Hospital, who was quoted in