Nine-year-old Filza Mehrin Abul Afzal, a resident of Sharjah, has remarkably resumed her daily activities after a harrowing 10-day battle with acute necrotising encephalopathy (ANE), a rare and life-threatening neurological condition, which left her unable to move and communicate. ANE can occur following viral infections like influenza and has a mortality rate of about 30 per cent, according to doctors. Filza’s parents still shudder at the memory of the day ...