July 7, 2021 -- A 6-year-old girl who was born with a tumor that never stopped growing revealed her face for the first time after a 12-hour surgery to remove the mass. Negalem Alafa, from Ethiopia, had the surgery on June 23 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. The difficult operation required facial and neck nerve dissections, followed by a careful removal of the tumor, her doctors said at a news conference. They agreed to take on Negalem’s case and did the surgery pro bono, while Lenox Hill Hospital and Northwell Health covered all hospital costs and post-surgical care. “Everywhere she’s gone, her personality has shined,” O, director of the Facial Nerve Center at Lenox Hill Hospital, said of Negalem.

Source: Ethiopian News July 07, 2021 18:00 UTC