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The unspoken killer in a crippled healthcare system

You might not find her name in the news, Google or in some lawyer’s files but my mom is one of the victims of the biggest injustice in the country – a failed healthcare system.

When the coroner appended his signature, the cause of her death read Meningitis. She was brave all through the fight of a disease that claims millions of lives universally but is rarely spoken about. The only problem is that the people who were supposed to help her fight the disease were fighting a non-existent enemy.

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