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Hong Kong teen’s will to fight illness ‘incredibly low’ after near-death scares

A teenager who fears dying young has narrowly escaped death twice this year after contracting influenza and respiratory virus infection, enduring what he described as his “most emotionally devastating breakdown”. Chen Tsz-kin, 17, was diagnosed with the incurable muscle-wasting disease at the age of 18 months and was told that people with the condition had an average life expectancy of 18. In a…

Hong Kong teen’s will to fight illness ‘incredibly low’ after near-death scares

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