Dr Marion Carteciano still remembers when she found out that her 11-year-old daughter, Meeka – her only child – was dying. The news had come in a diagnosis: Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like Syndrome (MELAS), to be exact. She remembered reading about it in medical school. But, as a physician who had specialised in … Continue reading “Please heal her. She’s the only one I have”: Doctor and single mum who lost her only child to incurable illness