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Friday, October 14, 2011

Boston Hospital Performs Double Hand Transplant

WCVBTABC 5


BOSTON -- Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital announced this morning that it has completed its first successful double hand transplant.

The recipient is Richard Mangino, 65, a married father of three and grandfather of two from Revere.

“I want limbs so that I can just get up and have coffee, get dressed, and the obvious things are I can hug my grandchildren, hug my wife,” Mangino told NewsCenter 5 before the operation.

Read more: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/29480133/detail.html#ixzz1altuIBxS

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