TNPSC Thervupettagam

Tamil Nadu’s first bilateral hand transplant

February 12 , 2019 2114 days 964 0
  • First successful hand transplant was performed on 29-year-old Narayanaswamy from Dindigul and the patient was finally discharged on recently.
  • In February 2018, 13-hour Tamil Nadu’s first bilateral hand transplant surgery took place at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, Chennai.
  • Doctors reconstructed both hands below the elbow with a pair of hands donated by an accident victim who was declared brain dead.

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