A young Bangladeshi girl diagnosed with a rare condition known as “tree man syndrome” has left hospital, her father said, saying he feared she would never be cured. Doctors hailed the initial surgery as a success, but Sahana’s father Mohammad Shahjahan said it had only aggravated her condition and he wanted to spare her from further procedures. Fewer than half a dozen people are known to suffer from the syndrome, among them 27-year-old Bangladeshi rickshaw-puller Abul Bajandar. Sahana’s father, a widower, said he had also struggled financially during her treatment. “She’s the only family I’ve got left and I don’t want to see her sadly sitting in a hospital bed.”

Source: Hindustan Times March 27, 2017 08:26 UTC