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Kochi: The father of a five-month-old baby battling a rare disease has moved the Kerala High Court seeking help to import a life-saving medicine from abroad. Imran son of Tirur native Arif is on ventilator support at the Kozhikode Medical College. The baby suffering from spinal muscular atrophy requires a single dose of the medicine onasemnogene as per the petition. The petition has sought that the government should be directed to import the medicine from abroad and give the necessary treatment. He has been on ventilator support for three months..