Canberra Raiders legend Sam Backo, 64, battles melioidosis in ICU, facing serious health challenges again.
Canberra Raiders legend Sam Backo has been in a fight to survive for the second time in as many years after contracting a rare tropical disease.
The 64-year-old Queenslander has been at Cairns Hospital's intensive care unit after he was diagnosed with melioidosis in April.
It was just two years ago that Backo was in a critical condition in the same hospital following a heart attack that required quadruple bypass surgery.