Children with deadly genetic condition HT-1 get fully subsidised treatment

By Kate Aubusson
Updated July 14 2016 - 10:08am, first published July 3 2016 - 12:15am
Twelve-year-old Charbel Torbey, with his dad David, has the extremely rare genetic condition tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT-1). Photo: Wolter Peeters
Twelve-year-old Charbel Torbey, with his dad David, has the extremely rare genetic condition tyrosinaemia type 1 (HT-1). Photo: Wolter Peeters

As Charbel's parents dressed their four-month-old for his christening they noticed his nappy wouldn't fit over his engorged tummy.

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