Haitian toddler slated to undergo free surgery here

This afternoon, a surgical team with remove a grapefruit-sized tumor from the neck of Laury Joseph, who arrived in Toledo late Monday from Haiti.

Without surgery, the 2.5-year-old youngster’s chances of survival look slim, said one of her doctors. The soft, benign tumor pushes against her airway. As time passes, it will grow even more, making it more difficult for her to breathe.

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Haiti victims’ kin sue firms over contaminated medicine

The families of 35 Haitian children poisoned by a contaminated painkiller filed suit yesterday in a U.S. District Court in Miami, alleging negligence by two European firms.

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