{"id":52277,"date":"2021-06-21T09:17:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T07:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=52277"},"modified":"2021-06-21T09:17:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T07:17:07","slug":"9-year-old-zim-boy-mauled-by-hyena-will-have-sa-surgeons-reconstruct-his-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/9-year-old-zim-boy-mauled-by-hyena-will-have-sa-surgeons-reconstruct-his-face\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Year-Old Zim Boy Mauled by Hyena will have SA Surgeons Reconstruct his Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_52296\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52296\" data-attachment-id=\"52296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/9-year-old-zim-boy-mauled-by-hyena-will-have-sa-surgeons-reconstruct-his-face\/untitled-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Untitled-2.jpg?fit=708%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"708,414\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Untitled\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rodwell Khomazana being wheeled into hospital&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Untitled-2.jpg?fit=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Untitled-2.jpg?fit=708%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52296\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Untitled-2.jpg?resize=300%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodwell Khomazana being wheeled into hospital<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">-Naadiya Adams<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">One of South Africa\u2019s top plastic surgeons has undertaken to re-construct the face of a boy mauled by a hyena in Zimbabwe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">Last month, while attending an evening church gathering, nine-year old Rodwell Khomazana was attacked by a hyena. The young boy lost his nose, left eye, most of his upper lip, bits of his forehead and other parts of his face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">According to AFP, Harare doctors did what they could to help the boy, but the damage to his face was too severe and they lacked the resources to do any kind of reconstructive work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">Without the financial resources to help her son, Khomazana\u2019s mother opted to make a plea with medics in South Africa, who agreed to do the surgery free of charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">Plastic surgeon Ridwan Mia told AFP earlier this week, when he heard about what had happened he just could not say no.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">Khomazana flew to Johannesburg on Saturday and was admitted to Sandton Mediclinic. On arrival the nine year old was greeted by hospital staff singing South Africa&#8217;s national anthem, clapping and cheering. Covered in bandages and sporting a green hoodie, the boy was wheeled into the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A nine year old boy Rodwell Khomazana who was attacked by Hyena outside Harare Zimbabwe has arrived at Mediclinic in Sandton Johannesburg South Africa for reconstructive surgery. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sabcnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sabcnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MCcOtnKJKi\">pic.twitter.com\/MCcOtnKJKi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sophie Mokoena (@Sophie_Mokoena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sophie_Mokoena\/status\/1406267404406120457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">Mia and his team of medical experts will undertake to perform an exploratory surgery on Monday a mere prelude to the complex operation which is expected to last around 20 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">They will have to do a great deal of skin grafting and will use tissue from other parts of his body to do the procedure. His jaw, nose, mouth and cheeks will all be reconstructed and he will also be fitted with a prostatic eye. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">&#8220;Unfortunately he will have multiple scars on his face,&#8221; said Mia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">While Mia warned that Khomazana will never have a completely normal face, he said &#8220;we want to give him something that will at least allow him to be functional and enjoy the things that other kids do.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">The surgeries will take place over a month and with the help of donations the costs of Khomazama\u2019s hospitalisation will be covered. According to Mia, any remaining donations would be used for therapy and trauma counselling, mentioning that the new eye will be a transition for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">Doctors hope the child will eventually &#8220;feel like a normal boy again&#8221;, Mia said. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif';color: #1a1a1a\">&#8220;Unfortunately the harsh reality is we are dealing with a huge injury.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-Naadiya Adams One of South Africa\u2019s top plastic surgeons has undertaken to re-construct the face of a boy mauled by a hyena in Zimbabwe. Last month, while attending an evening church gathering, nine-year old Rodwell Khomazana was attacked by a hyena. The young boy lost his nose, left eye, most of his upper lip, bits [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4996,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Untitled-2.jpg?fit=708%2C414&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-dBb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 00:34:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}