VIDEO | Doctor pops into art shop for parts to make girl’s ears
It took some moulds, a little silicone and plenty of ingenuity
A quick trip to Crafty Arts provided plastic surgeon Dr Konrad Hoekstra with the building blocks for making a pair of new ears for a girl who was born without them.
Hoekstra, who practises at Netcare Greenacres Hospital, said the journey to making new ears for Annelisa Faltein, 9, actually started with a nose...
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