Surgeons creating new ears for girl from Trinidad
Surgeons creating new ears for girl from Trinidad A team of medics in Scotland is creating new ears for a 15-year-old girl from Trinidad. Kade Romain was born without ears and missing part of her ear canal, leaving her partially deaf and facing a future begging for a living. The medical team from the Spire Murrayfield hospital in Edinburgh has given its time for free to construct new ears so that she faces a brighter future. Kade came to Scotland after meeting Robina Addison, a Scottish dance teacher, who was visiting the orphanage Kade was living in. I fell in love with her the first time I saw her because she was such a character,” Ms Addison said. Because she was born without ears, Kade couldn’t go to mainstream school and was attending a day care unit for children who are mentally handicapped. “I would liken it to a sanatorium here 40 or 50 years ago,” Ms Addison added. Inspired to act, she organised a temporary visa for Kade to come to Scotland for a very unusual operation....