Amazing Medical Stories - Season 1 / Year 2016
Season 1 / Year 2016
Episodes
My 40 Year Old Child
The Williams along with a handful of other families are facing the unknown when battling against this bizarre and inexplicable syndrome that affects the growth and overall development of their children, from blindness and deafness to the inability to walk, eat or even speak on their own. Following the everyday lives of these families and the doctors who have dedicated their careers to studying the signs of aging and are determined to find an answer.
The Eight Limbed Boy
Six years ago, in one of India's most remote areas, a boy named Deepak was born with an extraordinary medical condition a parasitic twin. Half of his brother was fused with his chest giving Deepaks body four extra limbs. As Deepak grows older and his twin grows with him it will threaten his very existence. Now, Deepak and his family are beginning a journey to surgery that could drastically change his life.
My Brand New Face
Maurice Simpson is disfigured by a massive facial tumour, but he's never let it stop him living life to the fullest. Now, he has discovered his tumour is putting his life in danger, but will surgery be too risky a price to pay for a brand new face?
The Woman with No Face
Tambu Mackenzi has an aggressive cancer that is slowly killing her. She has had chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but the tumour continues to grow and is eating away at her skull, robbing her of sight and smell. Her only hope of life is to undertake radical and dangerous surgery, surgery that might kill her.
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