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A man has undergone a successful double-arm transplant after he lost both of his arms in a bike crash.
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.
![Man has double arm transplant from female donor after losing both limbs in a bike crash](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/03/07/19/82176991-13169947-image-m-9_1709838153173.jpg)
The limbs were donated by Meena Mehta, a headteacher of a school in south Delhi after she was declared brain dead and had died.
The decorator had both limbs severed after a train accident when he was riding on a cycle and had lost control’.
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Mr Kumar had been living with prosthetic arms before the surgery.
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The procedure was performed by a team led by Dr Mahesh Mangal, who heads the Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery at the hospital.