Schoolboy with sickle cell returns home for Christmas after life-saving treatment

Andrea Tobias

A schoolboy whose life the Mirror helped save was back home in time for Christmas . Jasper Makungu, who has sickle cell disease, flew 4,000 miles from a clinic in India where he had received a bone marrow transplant from his sister Mercy, 17. He was back just in time to celebrate Christmas as well as his 12th birthday. The Mirror teamed up with blood cancer charity DKMS to send Jasper, Mercy and their mum Carol to Bangalore from their home in Kabwe, Zambia. Jasper had regular check-ups

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