SINGAPORE - KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) saw a fivefold increase in 2025 in the number of children seeking treatment for a genetic disease that could lead to heart diseases or strokes in people as young as their 30s.

New cases of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) reported at the hospital spiked after KKH opened the Children’s Lipid Centre, dedicated to managing the condition in children, in May 2024.