When Runa Begum was born in India in 2011, her head was three times the size of a normal baby’s head, making international headlines. This special child fought bravely for her life, but five years later, something shocking happened that shattered her family.
On a sunny day in 2011, the staff at the small hospital in the remote parts of northeastern India faced an enormous medical challenge. The medical practitioners in the village of Jirania Kala in Tripura had never delivered a child with hydrocephalus before.
Little Runa Begum surely looked like someone out of this world. In fact, if they had to honestly describe this baby girl, they would have called her features alien-like. How could they even explain to her parents that their baby girl had little chance of survival, let alone living any kind of normal life? Although they could not determine the full extent of her abnormality, it was already well known that the buildup of excess cerebrospinal fluid around the brain and spinal cord causes children to be born with……Read Full Story Here……………..
