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My mother died after trying to save another child

The 27-year-old said her mother was hit by a tree after trying to save the child from the wave.

Member's of Dhinusha's family then resusitated her mother, who 鈥渙pened her eyes鈥�, but Dhinusha says her mother was 鈥渋gnored鈥� by doctors before her death.

Dhinusha was put in an children's home for two years, where she met a "war orphan" she married and now has a child with.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast's Children of the Tsunami on Wednesday 24 December 2014.

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