13 years of living with giant tumors

Indonesian boy Lukas Wahangara, 13, has just been freed from the "shackles" on his neck - a thyroid tumor almost the size of a human head. I am recovering rapidly after surgery.

The giant tumor is about 20 cm in diameter, making Wahangara difficult to breathe and sleepless. Now, " The patient has begun to speak ," said surgery member Goh Yau Hong. 6 members of the surgical team removed the tumor within 10 hours on November 28 at Mount Elizabeth private hospital, Singapore. It is expected that the following week, patients can return to their homeland.

The entire cost of the surgery amounted to $ 11,900 and was paid for by the fund of a church in Singapore.