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East Timor baby arrives in Brisbane for life saving surgery

A four-week-old baby boy from East Timor has arrived in Brisbane for life saving surgery.

Baby Zozo Dostantos has trouble breathing and requires surgery for a hernia on his diaphragm.

He's the third child to be flown to Brisbane from East Timor and Vietnam for emergency treatment this month.

A paediatric surgeon at the Royal Children's Hospital will be in charge of the operation.

24/03/2002 06:22:01 | ABC Radio Australia News

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