7-year-old in Hamilton has rare condition with $300K annual treatment her family can’t afford

7-year-old in Hamilton has rare condition with $300K annual treatment her family can’t afford

Ibrahim Hermus arrived in Canada in 2023 with hopes his young daughter, Cena, would receive the medical care she desperately needed for a rare condition. But Ibrahim soon discovered that would not be the case.Cena, 7, was born in Turkey. At age 2, she was diagnosed with proopiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency.

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