Quake-zone kid gets new hope under the knife
14/10/2008 10:03
Cai Wenjun/Shanghai Daily news
A young boy from Sichuan Province will receive two operations in one round of
anesthesia in a city hospital - Shanghai's youngest patient to undergo such
double procedures, Shanghai Daily reported.
Duan Yongjie will be operated
on at Xinhua Hospital to treat his congenital heart disease and cleft lip on
Saturday, the day before he turns 2 years old. Doctors checked the boy yesterday
and worked out a plan for the surgeries, which will take four to five
hours.
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