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Boy receives life-changing surgery after 7-year struggle with snake bite injury

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After years of suffering with a severely deformed arm, 11-year-old Yusif from Sierra Leone can finally go to school and use his right hand again, thanks to a life-changing surgery performed by the international health charity, Mercy Ships. The free medical procedure, conducted aboard the hospital ship Global Mercy, restored mobility to Yusif’s arm, which had remained painfully contracted after a venomous snake bite he suffered at the age of five…

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Boy receives life-changing surgery after 7-year struggle with snake bite injury

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Venomous Snake Bite Leaves Arm Unusable: Boy waits Seven Years for Life-Changing Surgery

An 11-year-old boy from Sierra Leone can finally go to school and use his right arm again after his severely deformed limb was operated on by international health charity, Mercy Ships . Without the free surgery, Yusif’s right hand and arm would have remained severely contracted, leaving him unable to use them. Yusif was five […] The post Venomous Snake Bite Leaves Arm Unusable: Boy waits Seven Years for Life-Changing Surgery appeared first on Fa…

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