In a video message, Sood said, “We have seen in the past what public cooperation can do. People have been cured of this disease before. So, I request all to come forward and donate as per your capacity so that the child gets a new life.”
Rajveer suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disorder where a person can’t control the movement of muscles due to the loss of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain stem.
His health is deteriorating rapidly. He urgently needs a Zolgensma injection, which costs Rs 16 crore and has to be imported from the US life. Doctors treating him in Bangalore, have given a deadline of four months for the administration of the life-saving injection.
The couple has also sought help from CM Naveen Patnaik for the treatment. Rajveer’s mother Tamalika had even staged a dharna outside Naveen Niwas on December 2.