<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> (Pajhwok): An Afghan surgeon has successfully planted nose to a 16-year old boy who was born without a nose.</p>
<p>Dr. Syed Ulfat Hashami, a plastic surgeon who works at Cure Hospital, told Pajhwok Afghan News, he examined Hidayatullah few months earlier and he did not have a nose.</p>
<p>“Initially I took photographs of the patient and shared that with doctors in the US, UK, Italy, India online. They advised me this surgery is possible but requires a huge amount of money.”</p>
<p>The surgeon planted a new nose to Hidayatullah in four steps and used flesh, skin and bone of the patient.</p>
<p>He said if this surgery was conducted elsewhere it would have cost $15,000 but he did it free of cost the boy’s parents were poor.</p>
<p>Hidayatullah, who was born without a nose, said since his birth he had been facing difficulty in respiration. He was unable to smell and know the taste of food</p>
<p>Ahmad Khalid, the father of Hidayatullah, said he had taken his son to hospitals in Peshawar and other areas, but he everywhere asked for a huge amount of money which was beyond his reach.</p>
<p>“When my son was born, he did not have a nose and was facing respiration problems. He faced a lot of problems in <a href="/en/society" class="glossify-link">society</a> and people called him different names because the society is uneducated and most of the people are illiterate,” he said.</p>
<p>He asked the government to facilitate specialist doctors and provide people better <a href="/en/health" class="glossify-link">health</a> facilities so they avoid going abroad for treatment.</p>
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