Painter has double arm transplant from feminine donor after bike crash
- Raj Kumar underwent the 12-hour surgical procedure the place medics hooked up the brand new arms
- They had been donated by Meena Mehta, a headteacher in south Delhi
A painter who misplaced each of his arms in a motorcycle crash has undergone a profitable double arm transplant.
Raj Kumar underwent the 12-hour surgical procedure on January 19 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, India.
Medics reattached his nerves, veins, muscle mass, and pores and skin to the brand new feminine arms.
The limbs have been donated by Meena Mehta, a headteacher of a college in south Delhi, after she was declared mind useless and had died.
The decorator had each limbs severed after ‘a prepare accident when he was using on a cycle and had misplaced management’.
Raj Kumar underwent the 12-hour surgical procedure on January 19 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, India
Medics reattached his nerves, veins, muscle mass, and pores and skin to the brand new feminine arms within the gruelling operation
Mr Kumar had been residing with prosthetics arms earlier than the surgical procedure and his new arms limbs have been donated by Meena Mehta, a headteacher after she was declared mind useless
The decorator had each limbs severed after ‘a prepare accident when he was using on a cycle and had misplaced management’ however is now making a full restoration
Mr Kumar had been residing with prosthetics arms earlier than the surgical procedure.
The process was carried out by a staff led by Dr Mahesh Mangal, who heads the division of plastic and beauty surgical procedure on the hospital.
