Schilder is undergoing a double arm transplant from a female donor after losing both limbs in a cycling accident in India
- Raj Kumar underwent the 12-hour surgery during which medics attached the new arms
- They were donated by Meena Mehta, a head teacher in South Delhi
A painter who lost both his arms in a cycling accident has undergone a successful double arm transplant.
Raj Kumar underwent the 12-hour surgery on January 19 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, India.
Medics reattached his nerves, veins, muscles and skin to the new female arms.
The limbs were donated by Meena Mehta, head teacher of a south Delhi school, after she was declared brain dead and passed away.
The decorator had both limbs cut off after ‘a train accident in which he was riding a bicycle and lost control’.
Raj Kumar underwent the 12-hour surgery on January 19 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, India
Medics reattached his nerves, veins, muscles and skin to the new female arms during the grueling operation
Mr Kumar had been living with prosthetic arms before the operation and his new arm limbs were donated by Meena Mehta, a head teacher after she was declared brain dead.
The decorator had both limbs severed after ‘a train accident in which he was riding a bicycle and lost control’, but is now making a full recovery
Mr Kumar was living with prosthetic arms before the surgery.
The procedure was performed by a team led by Dr Mahesh Mangal, head of the department of plastic and cosmetic surgery at the hospital.