The prosthetic wing of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department at Jipmer has provided functional artificial hands and high-tech (microprocessor-embedded) lower limbs to a 23-year-old man who lost both hands and legs in an electrical accident.
The procedures were led by Navin Kumar, Additional Professor and head of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Training session
The patient is training in walking and other routine activities, a Jipmer press note said.
Jipmer Director Rakesh Aggarwal presided over a function to mark the prosthetic implantation.
Jipmer provided the artificial limbs, which would have cost over ₹80,000 in a private facility, free of cost to the patient, according to the press note.