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Heartbreaking: A mother-son cancer story

Monday, April 03, 2023 | 1890 Views |

The significant emotional, physical and financial trauma faced by the Lobo family can be felt and seen through their smiles. When The Monitor staffer SHARON MATHALA visited the family, one would have never imagined the gravity of the situation

Cancer has stolen the life of the family. Mother and son suffer from two types – bone and blood cancer, respectively. For the last seven years, their lives have changed dramatically.

The 14-year-old is currently hospitalised in South Africa undergoing treatment while back home his mother, 52-year-old Galina Lobo, spent the whole of last year bedridden.

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