Syrian girl born without legs, walks again on prosthetics
2,570 views · Published 10 December 2018 · 1:19 · Indexed 25 October 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2018 · News & Politics
Eight-year-old Maya Merhi had to struggle around a Syrian displaced persons camp in Serjilla in northwestern Syria on artificial limbs made of plastic tubing and tin cans. But now the girl, who was born with no legs due to a congenital condition, is walking on new prosthetics after undergoing treatment in Turkey.
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