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A 4-year-old child in South Sudan, Africa, was in danger of a piece of metal in his esophagus, but a few months ago, he came to Korea and had an operation with the help of a university hospital.

Each of those processes was not easy, but I endured it well, and now I will be discharged tomorrow (30 days).



Reporter Jo Yoon-ha will deliver the news.



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Gloria, a 4-year-old child from South Sudan, Africa.



Since July of last year, every time I breathe, I have suffered chest pain.



A piece of metal the size of a 100 won coin swallowed while playing alone was caught under the esophagus.



[Korean missionary: It is not easy for a child to breathe, and whenever he breathes, a grunt is made.] I



tried to get treatment in South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt, but it failed and the operation cost was a problem.



Yonsei Severance Hospital decided to provide free surgery after hearing the bad news, but due to Corona 19 in March, the Egyptian government closed all international airlines and entry to Korea was delayed for a month and a half.



Gloria, who arrived in Korea only in May, was quarantined for two weeks, and in June and August, she underwent surgery to remove pieces of iron from her body.



A piece of metal with a diameter of 2.5 cm, which had been embedded in the body for more than half a year, penetrated the esophagus and moved to the bronchi.



It was a series of fallopian tubes, from the removal of the iron to the treatment to heal the damaged esophagus and bronchi.



[Park Seong-Yong/Severance Hospital Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: The metal had penetrated the esophagus and melted the back wall of the bronchi.

If there is a hole, stitch it again, and the stitched area is reinforced by pulling the muscles between the ribs and attaching them again...

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two surgeries, Gloria was able to breathe normally and freely eat whatever he wanted to eat.



Gloria regains health and is discharged tomorrow after four months of hospitalization and returns to South Sudan on a flight to Ethiopia the day after tomorrow.



[Gandhi/Gloria Dad: I am so happy to return to South Sudan because Gloria is healthy.

Thank you to Severance Hospital, the Korean government, and the Korean people.]



(Video coverage: Park Dae-young·

Lee Yong-

han, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)