The parents of a 20-year-old who passed away after three bouts of cancer are petitioning the government to open a young adults’ ward, fulfilling a deathbed promise.
Jerome Frendo had just turned 16 when in 2013 he was told he had a malignant and rare cancer, Ewing’s Sarcoma, which targets bones and soft tissue.
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He received the first four cycles of chemotherapy at Sir Paul Boffa Hospital in Floriana, surrounded by much older patients and a dated environment. Читать дальше...