Airdrie parents mark fourth anniversary of young son's death from a brain tumour

An Airdrie family will honour the anniversary of the death of their four-year-old son today, April 7, with a period of prayer and reflection as they mark his tragic loss.

Sarfraz and Nadia Majid, both devout Muslims currently observing the month of Ramadan, were devastated when Rayhan died in 2018, just four months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

The Majids are working with the charity Brain Tumour Research to raise awareness and are launching a fundraising group called Remembering Rayhan under the charity’s umbrella on the anniversary to help find a cure for this devastating disease.

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Rayhan, a huge fan of sports and Transformers , started to get bad headaches and was being sick in October 2017.

Nadia, mum also to four-year-old Eliza and Zakaria, 13, said: “I just knew something wasn't right. Over the course of six weeks, I took Rayhan to see four different GPs on six separate occasions, but they refused to listen to my concerns.

"They would check his temperature, ears and throat and insist that nothing was wrong. On the final GP visit, a few days before diagnosis, the doctor tickled and played with Rayhan and made him laugh and giggle, concluding that he was perfectly ‘well in himself’ and there was no cause for concern.

"When I protested and described