Dr Aizan beats the odds to obtain doctorate after amputation

We can do it: Rohani sharing a light moment with Kalsom Mohd (left) and her daughter Norila Nasaruddin (in wheelchair). Dr Aizan is all smiles after receiving her award from Rohani.

KUALA LUMPUR: When faced with a choice between keeping her leg and losing it, Dr Aizan Sofia Amin made a very difficult decision. She chose to have it amputated.

Dr Aizan was only 16 when she lost her right leg to bone cancer after a failed bone replacement surgery two years earlier.