The pain of knowing someone will die of motor neurone disease (MND) in no way lessens the pain when it happens. Rob Burrow’s family, who have been so brave and courageous in the public spotlight, are now facing that tragic truth. If it is any comfort to them, they are not alone - a fact they know all too well.
Every day in this country, six people are diagnosed with MND. Every day, six people die from MND. They don’t lose a fight, they aren’t beaten in his battle, they are killed by what I firmly believe is the cruellest disease imaginable.
What I hope they can, in time, take comfort from is the work that Rob has done in raising awareness of MND and so much money for our shared fight against the disease. There are incredibly talented researchers and scientists, many of them here in Yorkshire at the brilliant SITraN research centre in Sheffield, spending their lives dedicated to understanding more about the disease so that effective treatments can be found and, we hope, one day a cure.
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