Boy's stem cell transplant gives hope to UAE family after loss of baby girl
A Pakistani couple who lost their six-month-old daughter to pneumonia have spoken of their fear after learning that their second child had a life-threatening genetic disease. Shayan Arif, 35, and his wife Noor ul Ain Khan, 29, had never heard of immune deficiency when their son Hamdan became ill at six months. Their daughter, Hamda, had died in Oman in 2023 after spending 22 days in hospital with…
A Pakistani couple from Sharjah, Shayan Arif and Noor ul Ain Khan, have expressed their grief after learning their second child, Hamdan, was born with a life-threatening immune deficiency. Their daughter, Hamda, had died from a severe infection in Oman in 2023. The couple only learned about Hamdan's condition when he developed a prolonged fever at five months old.
Hamdan, now six months old, was offered a stem cell transplant in Abu Dhabi after genetic testing confirmed his rare RAG1-related immunodeficiency and Omenn syndrome. The transplant took place on May 8, with one of his parents acting as a donor.
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