Melbourne Italian family ask for help after daughter needs bone marrow transplant to beat leukemia - Daily Mail

Uma has lived in Australia her whole life after her parents moved to Melbourne from Italy but she is not eligible for Medicare because the laws don't recognise citizenship by birth.

A toddler battling a rare cancer can't access a life-saving treatment because authorities don't consider her an Australian citizen, even though she was born here. Four-year-old Uma has lived in Aust… [+2892 chars]

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