OMG:Boy with giant hands gets pioneering surgery after being dubbed 'the devil' (photos)

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8 year old Kaleem suffers from a rare medical condition
called macrodactyly, that means he has giant-sized
hands. He's been excluded from school and cast out in
his local village in India because he is believed to be "the
child of the devil". Kaleem's own uncle believes that
because his mother visited latrines when she was
pregnant with Kaleem that it could have infected him
with "demons".

A Channel 5 documentary titled 'The Boy with the
Giant Hands', follows Kaleem and his family as they
prep for life-changing surgery.
Kaleem is more than apprehensive but faced with a
future of illiteracy and constant bullying it appears it is
the only chance for him. As he spends his days playing
with a rubber tyre by himself Kaleem says: "I don't go
to school because the teacher says the other kids get
scared when they look at me."

The family travel thousands of miles to visit a leading

reconstructive surgeon in southern India, who is

convinced he can improve the function in Kaleem's hands.

The doctors have to work against the clock during the

complicated surgery to manoeuvre between fatty tissues

and swollen nerves in Kaleem's hands. The invasive

surgery is risky for the malnourished eight-year-old, as

he has to build up his stren

gth so he can get his hands

reduced to a regular size.

The documentary sees Kaleem get his fingers shortened

but the recovery could take months before the youngster

notices a difference.

It's down to the team to help Kaleem get through the

intensive post-rehabilitation and convince the local

villagers and the school the young boy is not the "devil

child".

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