“Cancer boy” deserves more respect from the media

A very sad story recently graced my Facebook timeline. But what was more upsetting was that it also graced the front pages of several national newspapers for none of the right reasons.

In July 2006, 4-year-old Fabian Bate was diagnosed with precursor B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. I came to know of his story because his eldest sister, Oli, was in my year at secondary school. It wasn’t until 2011 that the world was first introduced to his plight.

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