Across China: Chinese surgeons open new chapter for Indian "folded boy"

NAMPA / Xinhua

2025-08-14

SHANGHAI, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Nineteen months after life-changing spinal surgery in Shanghai, Indian teenager Dalwani, known as the "folded boy," returned to hospital for follow-up tests that showed normal spinal alignment, restored cardiopulmonary function and the sustained correction of his spinal deformity. Now standing upright, the 16-year-old boy aspires to become an athlete. Dalwani's medical troubles began in 2020, when a fever led to a......

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