Al Jazeera | 11/21/2022
Gebze, Turkey – Yusuf Polat is only five years old, but has accumulated enough medical conditions for a lifetime.
He has scoliosis and a hole in his stomach, his bones and muscles have deteriorated so much that he cannot walk or swallow or breathe correctly, and he has to be tied to seven devices when he sleeps.
Yusuf’s parents have been through this same nightmare before. His older sister, Melek, died when she was a year and a half of the same condition.
But this time, his parents have a plan.
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Naomi Cohen | journalist 