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CHINESE boy lives behind a mask of scar tissue - after a fire burned his face
off. Wang Xiaopeng has an almost
featureless face after the horrific accident two years ago.
The six-year-old set himself on fire
while lighting a pile of corn straw with a cigarette lighter - and the
terrifying blaze quickly got out of control.
Wang, from Yinchuan in China's
Ningxia Province, has been without hair, lips, eyelids and fingers after the
horrific accident.
He does not go to school, as no
schools will admit him, and he only has a few friends who have got used to his
appearance.
Wang's desperate family have spent
their live savings - close to 150,000 Yuan - on bills at the hospital that
saved his life. But his doting parents have now run out of money and had to
check him out.
The tragic couple have sold their
house and are living on just a tiny patch of land (0.2 hectares).
Doctor Li Jinning, from Ningxia
Medical University hospital, said to resume a "human" shape, Xiaopeng
needs at least three phases of surgeries and each phase may cost 100,000 Yuan.
He said: "The conservative fee
should be at least 300,000 Yuan".
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