Health

Burn victim's uncertain future as he runs out of treatment options

26 January 2020 - 00:00 By JEFF WICKS

Rien ne Dit Kasongo may have survived a fire that swept over his body as a newborn baby, but the scars that stretch across the six-year-old's face, arm and hand represent a lifetime of pain and stigma in his future...

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