Jacob's new chest - the fundraising fight for a life-changing operation not available on the NHS

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How the life of Sunderland teenager Jacob Brown was impacted by a condition called pectus excavatum - and how the funds were raised for an operation costing thousands of pounds that wasn't available to him from the NHS

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