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Honolulu-based Medicorps and Shriner's Hospital are teaming to help Sythan Leam, 14, of Cambodia, with surgery that could help her walk for the first time. RETURN TO STORY

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Trip of a lifetime

Oil-lamp burns disfigured her leg, but a trek to Honolulu could change a Cambodian teen's life

» FIRST OF THREE PARTS

By Craig Gima
cgima@starbulletin.com

Tonight on KITV4

See how a 14-year-old Cambodian girl's life will change when she comes to Hawaii for treatment at the Shriner's Hospital for Children. At 5 and 10 p.m.

Tomorrow: In the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and on KITV4 Island Television News at 6 p.m., an update on Sok Ouey, a Cambodian boy who was treated at Shriner's five years ago after his legs were nearly blown off by a land mine.

Tuesday: In the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and on KITV4 Island Television News at 6 p.m., how Medicorps, a Honolulu charity, is helping to improve medical care in Cambodia.



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