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In a first in India, Pompe patient gives birth to healthy baby

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In a first in India, Pompe patient gives birth to healthy baby

A 24-year-old Kerala woman with the rare and fatal genetic disease ‘Pompe’ gave birth to a healthy baby in a private hospital in Kochi last week. The incident has raised high hopes for the medical fraternity that the case is a testimony that people diagnosed with the grave disease can lead a normal life if it is diagnosed and treated early.

According to doctors attending to the patient, who hails from Kollam, both the mother and baby are doing well.

Pompe disease, a Lysosomal Storage Disorder (LSD), is a serious chronic, debilitating condition, caused by pathogenic abnormalities or mutations in the GAA gene.

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Patients with this rare condition have muscle weakness to a spectrum of severe complications, and often require long term, specialized treatments and management through Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT), a hospital statement said here on Wednesday.

Dr Sheela Nampoothiri, Head of Paediatric Genetics of Amrita Hospital said this is the first recorded case of a Pompe patient in India who underwent the entire cycle of pregnancy to deliver a healthy baby.

This case is a testimony that patients diagnosed with rare diseases like Pompe can lead a near-normal life if they are put on life-saving treatment early, Namboothiri said. According to the statement, she expressed happiness that the baby, who weighed 2.8 kg at birth, does not carry the defective gene and is free of Pompe disease.

According to Manoj Manghat, Kerala state co-ordinator of Lysosomal Storage Disorders Support Society, hopes have now been raised within the rare disease community, not just in Kerala, but across the country that patients who are put on treatment at an appropriate time can lead a normal life like others. Society is a patient advocacy group set up to fight the cause of rare disease patients in the country.

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Viduthalai Part 2 box office collection day 3: Vijay Sethupathi’s new film lags behind Maharaja, earns nearly ₹23 crore

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Viduthalai Part 2 box office collection day 3: Vijay Sethupathi’s new film lags behind Maharaja, earns nearly ₹23 crore

Viduthalai Part 2 box office collection day 3: The film has been doing well in India. Is it doing better than Vijay Sethupathi’s Viduthalai Part 1 and Maharaja?
Viduthalai Part 2 box office collection day 3: The film, starring Vijay Sethupathi, has been doing well in India. As per Sacnilk.com, Viduthalai 2 has earned nearly ₹23 crore within three days of its release. Directed by Vetrimaaran, the film surpassed the earnings of Vijay’s Viduthalai Part 1 on its third day but lagged behind Maharaja. (Also Read | Viduthalai Part 2 movie review: Vijay Sethupathi shines in a highly sermonising story)

Viduthalai Part 2 domestic box office
As per the report, the film earned ₹7.5 crore [Tamil: ₹7 crore; Telugu: ₹50 lakh] on day one and ₹7.7 crore on day two. It earned ₹7.60 crore nett on day three as per early estimates. So far, the film has earned ₹22.80 crore. Viduthalai Part 2 had an overall 39.38% Tamil occupancy on Sunday.

The film has crossed the earnings of Vijay’s Viduthalai Part 1 (which earned ₹5.05 crore) on day three, as per Sacnilk.com. However, it was unable to surpass the collection of Maharaja (which earned ₹9.65 crore on day 3).

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About Viduthalai Part 2

Viduthalai Part 2 is a sequel to his 2023 hit film Viduthalai Part 1. The film follows a police constable’s conflict with the leader of a separatist group. Soori reprises his role as Constable Kumaresan in the film, Vijay plays Perumal ‘Vaathiyaar’, the leader of Makkal Padai, and Manju Warrier plays his wife Mahalakshmi. The film is the second instalment in a two-part adaptation of Jeyamohan’s short story Thunaivan.

About Viduthalai Part 1

The Tamil-language period crime thriller film (2023) was also directed by Vetrimaaran. The cast included Bhavani Sre, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon, Ilavarasu, Balaji Sakthivel, Saravana Subbiah, Chetan, Munnar Ramesh, and Pavel Navageethan. Viduthalai released in theatres to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office.

About Maharaja

Nithilan Saminathan directed the Tamil-language action thriller. It released in theatres in June 2024 to critical acclaim from critics. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi, Anurag Kashyap, Mamta Mohandas, Natty Subramaniam, Abhirami Gopikumar, Divyabharathi, Singampuli, Aruldoss, Munishkanth, Sachana Namidass, Manikandan and Bharathiraja.

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