Local foundations lend helping hand to cystic fibrosis sufferer

Gemma Varcoe
Updated May 19 2016 - 3:51pm, first published 3:44pm
Twelve-year-old Hamish Hughes, pictured with his mother Katrina Hughes, has cystic fibrosis and is receiving help from the Queanbeyan Lions, Cystic Fibrosis ACT and the greater community. Photo: Jamila Toderas.
Twelve-year-old Hamish Hughes, pictured with his mother Katrina Hughes, has cystic fibrosis and is receiving help from the Queanbeyan Lions, Cystic Fibrosis ACT and the greater community. Photo: Jamila Toderas.

Hamish Hughes almost died three times in his first five days of life. Since then, he has constantly been in and out of hospital and suffered through 14 operations as a result of his condition, cystic fibrosis.

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Gemma Varcoe

Gemma Varcoe

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Fairfax Media journalist, based in Queanbeyan. Football and DC Comics tragic.

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