Friday, 19 April 2013

Hope for 18-month-old girl with rare skull condition after charity offers to pay for treatment her parents can't afford

  • Roona Begum suffers from a severe case of Hydrocephalus
  • Doctors will attempt to drain fluid from her brain tomorrow
  • They will then examine Roona properly and decide how to treat her

Poorly: Doctors say that Roona is lucky to be alive as sufferers of the condition normally do not live beyond a year

Poorly: Doctors say that Roona is lucky to be alive as sufferers of the condition normally do not live beyond a year

New hope: Roona begum will undergo surgery to drain fluid from her brain tomorrow after a charity stepped in to help her


New hope: Roona begum will undergo surgery to drain fluid from her brain tomorrow after a charity stepped in to help her


Heartbreaking: 18-month-old Roona's head has swelled to more than three times its normal size due to a rare condition which has caused fluid to collect on her brain


Heartbreaking: 18-month-old Roona's head has swelled to more than three times its normal size due to a rare condition which has caused fluid to collect on her brain


Getting help: Dr Sandeep Vaishya, from the Fortis Memorial Research Institute, examines Roona Begum, who was born with Hydrocephalus


Getting help: Dr Sandeep Vaishya, from the Fortis Memorial Research Institute, examines Roona Begum, who was born with Hydrocephalus


Worried: Parents Abdul, 19 and Fatima Khatoon, 24, sit by their daughter's bedside in hospital ahead of tomorrow's surgical procedure


Worried: Parents Abdul, 19 and Fatima Khatoon, 24, sit by their daughter's bedside in hospital ahead of tomorrow's surgical procedure


Treatment: Roona is being treated at a private hospital after the Fortis Foundation offered to help


Treatment: Roona is being treated at a private hospital after the Fortis Foundation offered to help


Loving: Fatima Khatoon attempts to comfort her young daughter as she rests in her hospital bed

Loving: Fatima Khatoon attempts to comfort her young daughter as she rests in her hospital bed

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