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11-year-old Hadia from Yemen reflecting her intense happiness says it all. She recently underwent a complicated and rare surgery at Poona Hospital and Research Centre in Pune, Maharashtra. The Yemen girl was suffering from a large vascular malformation in her foot. This involved her foot as well as her toes. What makes Hadia’s this condition worse is that the vascular malformation is congenital, is present from birth, and comes to notice only when it grows large.
