The boy, who was born in July, has a neuromuscular disorder that causes muscles to weaken. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – A few weeks after their first child was born, Mr Nabeel Salim Abdat and Ms Syahirah Yakub found that little Zayn’s appetite was getting worse.

On Aug 4, Mr Nabeel took their baby to the National University Hospital (NUH), where Zayn fell seriously ill.

“While I was looking at some admission forms, I heard him cry,” said Mr Nabeel, 30, who is due to start work as a data centre engineer in October.

“About 30 seconds later, he was unconscious and he wasn’t breathing.”

Hospital staff managed to revive Zayn, who was later warded in NUH’s intensive care unit.

His parents soon learnt that Zayn has a rare genetic disorder, and his best hope for survival may lie with a treatment that costs about $3 million, which they are now trying to raise.

Source: Parents ‘race against time’ to raise $3m to save baby with rare genetic disorder