{
  "id": 16728402,
  "title": "Dr Siti Hawa's mother recalls final days of SMA scholar who defied odds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/dr-siti-hawas-mother-recalls-final-days-of-sma-scholar-who-defied-odds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T08:49:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/10/1564742/dr-siti-hawas-mother-recalls-final-days-sma-scholar-who-defied-odds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KUANTAN: Dr Siti Hawa Apandi, the country’s first spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patient to complete four levels of higher education at a single university, spent much of her final days resting in bed.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}