The 45-year-old man, who had the first successful hand transplant in New Delhi, was discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on March 7. He lost both his hands in a train accident in 2020. Coming from a poor background, his life seemed to have reached a dead end.
However, a miracle happened. The hand of Meena Mehta, a former administrative director of a prominent school in South Delhi who was declared brain dead, was transplanted to the 45-year-old man. During her lifetime, Mehta had pledged that her organs would be used after her death.
Her kidneys, liver and corneas have changed the lives of three others. Her hands have revived an artist's dream after a serious accident.
In addition, it is impossible not to mention the dedication of the team of doctors who completed the hand transplant surgery. The surgery lasted more than 12 hours, including connecting all the arteries, muscles, tendons and nerves between the donor hand and the recipient's arm.
It is known that hand transplant surgery is a very complicated procedure, requiring experience and high expertise of doctors.
Previously, in 2020, a hand transplant surgery from a man to a woman also caused a stir in Indian public opinion.
A young woman in India who lost both arms in a bus accident has received arms from a dark-skinned donor.
After an accident in 2016, 18-year-old Shreya Siddanagowder's arm was amputated below the elbow. In 2017, she underwent a 13-hour transplant surgery performed by a team of 20 surgeons and 16 anesthesiologists.
Her transplanted hand came from a 21-year-old man who had died in a cycling accident. Over the next year and a half, physical therapy improved Siddanagowder’s ability to control the movement of her arm and hand. But remarkably, the deceased man’s transplanted arm unexpectedly became slimmer over time than it had been at the time of the transplant.
But that doesn't stop there, there's another surprising change: the skin on her new limbs is lighter in color, while the man's hands are darker. Therefore, it better matches Siddanagowder's skin tone.
Doctors treating Siddanagowder suspect that her body produces less melanin than her donor, which could explain the lightening of her new hand (melanin is the pigment that gives skin color).
Minh Hoa (t/h according to VTV, Dan Tri)
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