Irish teenager to get a chin in US operation

AN IRISH teenager who was born without a lower jaw will get a chance at a normal life thanks to doctors at a New York hospital.

Alan Doherty underwent the first of at least two operations yesterday at the Mount Sinai Medical Centre to give him a mandible and chin.

Doherty, 17, is one of two people known to have the condition, called otofacial syndrome, the hospital said.