Boy with big toes undergoes surgery

A 14-year-old boy from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region underwent surgery at the Children's Hospital of Shanghai Thursday to correct a congenital foot disorder that left him with several toes the size of apples, the hospital said.

When the boy, Meng Weixin, was first learning to walk, his feet and toes started growing out of control due to the disorder, which affects about one out of every 10,000 children. Although the condition can be corrected, his family was too poor to afford treatment, which left Meng unable to wear shoes.

Meng walked everywhere barefoot, including to school, where a concerned teacher eventually wrote about his problem online.

The boy's story found its way to the Children's Hospital of Shanghai, which has a history of offering charity care to residents from other regions in China.

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