Brave fight for acid victim

A BRAVE young boy has finally got to taste food for the first time in 10 years after swallowing acid in a horrific kitchen accident when he was a toddler.

Now, after 51 painful operations, Cealan Goan can open his mouth for the first time since he was a baby and eat and breathe on his own.

Cameras from TV3’s moving series inside Temple Street Children’s Hospital, show surgeons carrying out major reconstructive surgery on Cealan.

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