Boy With Giant Hands Undergoes Life-Saving Surgery

An eight-year-old boy, who is believed to have the
world’s biggest hands, has finally underwent a
life-saving operation in Combiatore, Tamil Nadu
state, India.
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Mohammad Kaleem, from a small village in
Jharkhand State, suffers from an extremely rare
form of local giantism that causes his hands and
arms grow constantly. At the moment of the
operation his upper limbs weighed more then 12
kilograms and kept growing.


An eight-year-old boy, who is believed to have the
world’s biggest hands, has finally underwent a
life-saving operation
The boy experiences lots of difficulties – he was
not admitted to school due to his scary
appearance, he can’t dress himself, eat and take
a bath unaided. Besides physical problems
Kaleem and his parents also face bullying from
their superstitious neighbours.




his upper limbs weighed more then 12 kilograms
and kept growing
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The locals believe that Kaleem is a ‘devil’s child’
and his giant hands is actually the result of a
curse. “There is no treatment for this boy. He is a
devil’s child. This is just because his parents must
have committed a wrong deed at some point in their
life,” one of the villagers said.



He can’t dress himself, eat and take a bath
unaided
After several international newspapers published
the boy’s story, a team of medical experts agreed
to provide help and perform an urgent surgery.
The medics eventually performed a series of
complicated operations to reduce the growth of
his forearm, hand and fingers, so Kaleem can use
them.


The medics performed a series of operations to
reduce the growth of his forearm, hand and
fingers
After the operation Kaleem’s father Shamim said:
“We knew that there is no such thing as a devil’s
child. The villagers love to gossip and that is what
they are doing about our son. Ultimately, he is our
son and we have to take care of him.”


The family are waiting for another operation and
hope that their son will go to school soon
Now, the family are waiting for another operation
and hope that their son will go to school soon
and will be able lead to a normal life.

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