23.05.2025 11:28
The images of 8-year-old Mehmet Emir Özbakan, who became bedridden due to the West Nile Virus from a mosquito bite in Eskişehir about 6 years ago, broke hearts.
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Eight-year-old Mehmet Emir Özbakan, who lives in Eskişehir, became bedridden after being bitten by a mosquito carrying the West Nile Virus in the Emirdağ district of Afyonkarahisar, where he went with his family 6 and a half years ago. Little Mehmet Emir, who was only one and a half years old when the mosquito bite spread an infection to his brain, was put under treatment. As a result of the treatments he has received for years, Mehmet Emir has been able to eat without a tube and has also gained some movement in his body.
"HE COULD WALK AND TALK BEFORE"
His mother N.Ö. stated, "Emir was one and a half years old at that time, he could walk and talk. In the place we went, Emir was bitten by a mosquito, then he slept and woke up, and since that day he has been like this. He is now 8 years old, and we have been going to physical therapy every day for about 6 and a half years. We are looking for a cure for this disease. He could walk and talk before; he was a normal child."
OLD IMAGES TOUCHED HEARTS
Images of Mehmet Emir Özbakan in his healthy state before the mosquito bite were shared by his family. The cheerful and happy states of Özbakan, who could walk and talk at one and a half years old, in the photos touched hearts.
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