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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Kelly Rissman

11-year-old learning to walk and talk again after tonsil surgery was ‘botched’

An 11-year-old boy is recovering, learning to walk and talk again, after a ‘botched’ tonsillectomy - (AFP via Getty Images)

An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy is now regaining the strength to walk and talk again after a routine tonsillitis surgery was ‘botched,’ landing him in a coma, his family says.

Liam Klaver underwent surgery to remove his tonsils on March 17. But the routine procedure - that half a million people undergo each year - went awry, causing the child to slowly bleed and go into cardiac arrest. He’s now able to speak a few words and sit up after a grueling few weeks in the hospital, his family said.

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