Parents fight for SMA baby denied newborn screening and home care

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Parents fight for SMA baby denied newborn screening and home care

Pantelis Costa and his wife’s world turned upside down when their son, Konstantinos Efraim, was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) at just two months old. Their ordeal, as reported by philenews, highlights the gaps in Cyprus’s healthcare system for critically ill children. Missed opportunity for early treatment Costa blames the lack of newborn screening for SMA in Cyprus for his son’s irreversible condition. “If this test had been ava…