Baby with swollen head hopes for life-saving surgery


A mother hopes for surgery for her baby boy whose head has swollen to twice its natural size.

Born a healthy baby boy, Mohammad Hasan's head started to dramatically swell when he was just 16 days old.

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Now 18-months-old Hasan's head measures an astonishing 69cm in circumference and is so big he is unable to support the weight of it. More on the story above.

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