July 22, 2013 12:33 pm | Updated 12:38 pm IST - KATTAPPANA:
The condition of Shefiq, the five-year-old boy undergoing treatment at St. Johns Hospital here after his father and stepmother allegedly tortured him, showed improvement on Sunday, hospital officials said. Tracheotomy, a surgical procedure that allows a person to breathe without the use of the nose or mouth, has been done on him to ease breathing difficulties.
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