GRAPHIC PHOTOS: 'Elephant Man' Refuses To Remove Tumour From His Face In Order To Keep Feeding His Family
Meet a 50-year-old Indian popularly known as the Elephant Man or the Melted Man, who has refused reconstructive surgery as his disease brings him money to survive.
A resident of New Delhi, Mannan Mondal suffers from neurofibromatosis - a number of inherited conditions that are clinically and genetically distinct and carry a high risk of tumor formation, particularly in the brain. A growth of benign tumors has disfigured the man's face and neck, now he can not even normally eat and talk, although the so-called "trunk" is not cancerous or painful.
From an early age Mannan used to beg on the streets as he was banned from school and could not find a job. His appearance has always been a subject of ridicule but it did not stop him from finding love and get married.
Seems unbelievable but he does not complain about his life, now he has to feed his family and collect money for his daughter's wedding that is why he did not accept doctor's offer to remove the tumor from his face. He says he will need to pay for 'beds, cabinets, rings, watches and a cycle for the groom,' when it comes to his 20-year-old daughter wed day.
The man who has one eye, one ear and four teeth travels across India begging at holy sites, earning about $9 a day to send back to his beloved family. Fortunately, none of the family members have inherited the condition.
Source: Legit.ng
