Albanian boy returns to Kosovo after treatment in Japan

Albanian boy returns to Kosovo after treatment in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Nezir Shinik, a 3-year-old ethnic Albanian boy from Kosovo, poses for photographers with his father Abdurahman Shinik (L) and mother Hyrmet Shinik (R) at the Narita airport before boarding a flight to Yugoslavia on Dec. 8. Nazir received four months of treatment in Japan for an intractable eye disease. Nezir, who came to Japan with the support of the Association of Medical Doctors in Asia, was admitted to Kanazawa University Hospital in Ishikawa Prefecture in July.

Kosovo boy's eye tumor almost cured

Kosovo boy's eye tumor almost cured

KANAZAWA, Japan - An ethnic Albanian boy from Kosovo suffering from a malignant tumor of the retina leaves Kanazawa University hospital in Ishikawa Prefecture on Nov. 17 after treatment which lasted four months was successful. Photo shows Nezir Shinik, 3, leaving the hospital with his father Abdurahman Shinik, 41, (R) and mother Hyrmet Shinik, 40, (behind) being seen off by hospital staff. The boy arrived at the hospital July 7 and is scheduled to return home Dec. 2.

Albanian boy returns to Kosovo after treatment in Japan

Albanian boy returns to Kosovo after treatment in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Nezir Shinik, a 3-year-old ethnic Albanian boy from Kosovo, poses for photographers with his father Abdurahman Shinik (L) and mother Hyrmet Shinik (R) at the Narita airport before boarding a flight to Yugoslavia on Dec. 8. Nazir received four months of treatment in Japan for an intractable eye disease. Nezir, who came to Japan with the support of the Association of Medical Doctors in Asia, was admitted to Kanazawa University Hospital in Ishikawa Prefecture in July.

Kosovo boy's eye tumor almost cured

Kosovo boy's eye tumor almost cured

KANAZAWA, Japan - An ethnic Albanian boy from Kosovo suffering from a malignant tumor of the retina leaves Kanazawa University hospital in Ishikawa Prefecture on Nov. 17 after treatment which lasted four months was successful. Photo shows Nezir Shinik, 3, leaving the hospital with his father Abdurahman Shinik, 41, (R) and mother Hyrmet Shinik, 40, (behind) being seen off by hospital staff. The boy arrived at the hospital July 7 and is scheduled to return home Dec. 2.