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Dragana received an innovative medicine at the state’s expense and became the first woman in Serbia suffering from cystic fibrosis to give birth

Prenosi: Mina Branković

Pon, 04.05.2026. 14:12h

Foto: Privatna arhiva

Cystic fibrosis

- a rare, genetic, congenital disease
- occurs in one in 2,500 - 3,500 newborns
- caused by a mutation of a gene on the seventh chromosome
- first destroys the lungs, and then other organs
- around 400 sufferers in Serbia, 115 of them use “Trikafta”

Foto: Privatna arhiva

Foto: Privtna arhiva

The baby arrived seven days ago

Mina Julardžija also gave birth

Another brave young woman with this rare disease, Mina Julardžija, welcomed her child on 20 February! Mina is the second woman in Serbia with cystic fibrosis to have a baby. Like Dragana, she received “Trikafta” in December 2021. Before receiving the medicine, she lived in a constant, unceasing struggle, with the knowledge that there was no solution, that there was no medicine.

“From a disease that was considered fatal, that was on a par with cancer and leukaemia, today new life is being born from it. That is a great step forward, we are writing history thanks to that medicine and to medicine as a science,” Mina said earlier.

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