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'They kept me sane': Spina bifida patient 'on the breadline' until charity stepped in
Steven Urquhart was born with spina bifida in the 1970s. He considered himself 'lucky' after emergency surgery prevented him from ending up in a wheelchair. Fifty years on, he says a lack of awareness about the condition among family doctors is letting patients down