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7-year-old Afghan child gets new lease of life

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PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): An Afghan child has got a new lease of life with removal of a 2.5 kilogram tumour from his brain by a Pakistani doctor.

The highly complicated surgery was performed at a private hospital in the picturesque northwestern city of Abbottabad.

The seven-year-old child who underwent the successful operation hailed from southern Helmand province, the neurosurgeon said.

Dr Abdul Aziz was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune that the procedure had been termed extremely complicated by Indian and Turkish neurosurgeons.

The brain tumour weighed two . . .

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