In rare surgery, two men get hand transplant at hospital in Kerala

Kochi, September 20

A private hospital here has achieved a rare feat by conducting the country’s first shoulder-level full-arm transplant.

A patient from Karnataka and another from Iraq, who lost both their hands due to electric shock, have successfully undergone bilateral hand transplants at Amrita Hospital in the city, with limbs harvested from donors who were victims of fatal road accidents in Kerala.