20 June 2013

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UK's first hand transplant patient

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SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) -- A 51-year-old man becomes the first person in Britain to have a full hand transplant after a donor was found on Boxing Day. Doctors amputated Mark Cahill's functionless hand and sewed on the donor's replacement during an eight-hour operation at Leeds General Infirmary. If the limb continues to survive, Cahill is expected to gain feeling and movement in the transplanted hand www.shafaqna.com/English

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