Surrey restaurant donates half of Friday’s sales to help 3-year-old with rare disease

Surrey restaurant donates half of Friday’s sales to help 3-year-old with rare disease

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, May 28, 2026

A local Indian food and pizza restaurant in Surrey is donating a portion of its Friday (May 29) sales to help three-year-old Gurmoh Gill in his fight against a rare and aggressive genetic disorder.

Makhan’s Fish, Pizza, Sweets (13428 72 Ave.), will donate 50 per cent of its sales made from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Gurmoh was diagnosed with spastic paraplegia, which is caused by a de novo mutation (meaning a genetic mutation not present in either parent). This mutation is often associated with severe early onset of the disease, and kids with it can experience progressive muscle stiffness, speech, and weakness in the legs. It affects nerves in the spinal cord that control movement.

Gurmoh’s parents, Stalin and Navpreet Gill, are working to raise $2.7 million to help pay for the creation of personalized gene therapy for Gurmoh, who has one of the few known cases of the rare and progressive neurodegenerative disease in Canada.

But the total costs will be around $6 to $8 million to develop, research, and run pre-clinical and clinical trials.

“Every meal purchased helps bring hope closer for him and his family,” reads a social media post about the event. “Let’s come together as a community and show the power of kindness, love, and support. Every order matters. Every prayer matters. Every share matters.”

“Gene therapy has already been successfully developed for similar conditions, such as SPG50, demonstrating that treatment is possible,” Navpreet said in a previous interview with Black Press.

Gurmoh’s care currently costs the family $6,000 to $8,000 a month, which includes therapies, specialized equipment, and frequent travel for intensive treatment.

“After this one-time gene therapy treatment, he will be cured of this disease and could lead a normal life,” she said.

The family has found various ways to raise money, including through community support, a GoFundMe, radiothons, and a 120km walk from Vancouver to the B.C. legislature in Victoria to fund Gurmoh’s treatment.

While in Victoria, they met with B.C.’s minister of health to discuss potential government funding for Gurmoh’s treatment.

Stalin told Black Press Media on Tuesday (May 26) that the meeting was not very positive.

Stalin said they left the meeting with no concrete answers.

However, in an emailed statement to Black Press, the health minister stated that, “I am committed to exploring options to support Gurmoh, as well as other children in B.C. with rare and ultra-rare diseases.”

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