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Fionnuala Boyle & Matthew Dresch

Mum of girl, 8, who suffers 300 seizures a day says daughter 'robbed of her childhood'

An eight-year-old girl who suffers 300 seizures a day has been “robbed of her childhood”, her mum said.

Olivia McCafferty suffers from a severe form of childhood epilepsy called Doose Syndrome, which has forced her into a wheelchair.

The youngster, from Glasgow, Scotland, has suffered cuts and bruises due to her convulsions, the Daily Record reports.

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