In a groundbreaking medical achievement in Delhi, India,
Doctors at Ganga Ram Hospital have successfully performed a bilateral hand transplant on a painter who lost both hands in a train accident in 2020.
The 12-hour surgery, hailed as a miracle by multiple Indian news outlets, involved meticulously connecting every blood vessel, muscle, tendon, and nerve between the donor’s hands and the recipient’s arms.
Donor
The hands were generously donated by Meena Mehta, an administrative head of a reputed school in South Delhi, who had pledged her organs after her death. Her kidneys, liver, and corneas have already transformed the lives of three people, and now her hands have given hope to the painter.
