An 11-year-old boy got a new lease of life after undergoing surgery for a rare spinal cord tumor that forced him to limp for most of his life.

Goran Shakhawan from Kurdistan developed a rare spinal cord tumor which affected his walking. But city-based hospital- Global Hospital, Parel operated upon him which will now help him to walk properly for the first time in his life but he would require physiotherapy and rehabilitation to recover faster.