Mr John Danesh Krishnan was just four months old when he was diagnosed with stage four retinoblastoma - a form of eye cancer that commonly affects young children.
The tumour was embedded in the retina of his right eye, but his mother refused to heed the doctor's advice to remove it in order to prevent the spread of the cancer.
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