Yogi assures help to girl suffering from SMA

by IANS |

Gorakhpur, Sep 30 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has assured financial help to the family of 13-year-old Sara Fatima Lari of Deoria district, who is suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

The family, reportedly, needs Rs 10 crore for the treatment.

The girl, a Class 5 student, attends her classes online from home despite the odds.

Her father Abuzar Lari runs a footwear shop in Deoria, while her mother Sofana is a housewife.

Yogi met the family members at the Gorakhnath temple recently and assured them of financial help.

"She is suffering from SMA type-2. Dr A.A. Mathew of the Bangalore Baptist Hospital has estimated Rs 10 crore for treatment," said the father.

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