11-Year-Old Child Bitten by Shark on Recife Beach Gets Discharged

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The 11-year-old boy João Lucas Castor Nemezio Sales received hospital discharge on Monday (6), after spending more than a month in the Hospital da Restauration, in Recife. He was the victim of a shark attack on Piedade Beach, in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, in the Metropolitan Region of Recife. The boy's left leg had to be amputated, and the family mobilized a solidarity cow to raise resources for the costs of recovery.

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João Lucas had his leg amputated and was hospitalized since May 31st. Family campaigns to cost prosthesis and rehabilitation treatment

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João Lucas Castor Nemezio Sales, 11 years old, who had his left leg amputated after suffering a shark attack on a beach in Pernambuco, received hospital discharge on Monday (6/7). The child spent a month hospitalized due to the high risk of infection by the animal bite. The boy was attacked by a chata-headed shark (Carcharhinus leucas) on Piedade Beach, in Jaboatão dos Guararapes (PE), on May 31st, a Sunday. He left the hospital wheelchair due t…