Monday 6 April 2015

Hayley Okines, Campaigner of Rare Premature Aging Disease Dies at 17

Hayley Okines, who raised awareness of a rare genetic disorder, progeria, which causes premature aging, has died aged 17. On April 2, it was announced that 17-year-old progeria sufferer Hayley Okines from Bexhill in East Sussex, England, had passed away. Kerry Okines, Hayley's mother, posted the sad news on Facebook, "My baby girl has gone somewhere better. She took her last breath in my arms at 9.39 pm." "Hayley was being treated for pneumonia, ...

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