Armless Iraqi boy to get artificial limbs
( 2003-08-09 15:24) (Agencies)
An Iraqi boy who lost both
arms in the war that toppled Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) should be able to
lead a nearly normal life with artificial limbs, the specialist treating him
said Friday.
Ali Abbas, 13, arrived in Britain Thursday and will be fitted with prosthetic
limbs at Queen Mary's Hospital Rehabilitation Center in London. Robin Cooper, a
clinical specialist in prosthetics at Queen Mary's, said if Ali worked hard,
there were few limits to what he could achieve.
"It very much depends on him. We can give him the tools, but the real work
comes from him," Cooper told British Broadcasting Corp. radio. "We have had
people who have had the same level of loss as him who fly light aircraft or
drive cars."
Ali's story drew international attention after pictures of him crying in pain
at a Baghdad hospital appeared across the world.
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