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Surgeon: How we removed 13 needles from 10-month-old baby

X-Ray showing needles lodged in baby's body

A surgeon who led a team of three in removing 13 pins lodged in the buttocks of a 10-month-old baby, has lifted the lid on what it took to save the toddler.

Mwea Macharia, a general surgeon at Thika Level Five Hospital, Wednesday recounted how he and two other doctors carried out the five-hour surgery.

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