Joost really will die soon, say doctors

Joost van der Westhuizen does indeed suffer from a deadly motor neuron disease (MND) and has been given between two and five years to live.
This was confirmed earlier this week by Dr Jody Pearl, a neurologist at the Sunninghill hospital in Sandton.

“Joost was examined by Dr (Erik) Pioro, a leading expert on motor neuron disease at the neuromuscular unit of the Cleveland hospital,” said Pearl after they had visited the hospital in Ohio last week.

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