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city anchor: From Kerala to Pune, sightless man helps others walk
Indian Express
Jeenesh had simultaneous triple amputation after a train accident — both his legs above the knee and a right trans-radial amputation below the elbow. “I located him after making inquiries and decided to help the family that was finding it difficult to ...

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How to Better Treat Trauma Injuries in the Developing World
PBS NewsHour
Now, a hospital in San Francisco aims to train doctors to treat them. And a warning: This story does contains some graphic images. SPENCER MICHELS: In recent years, the number of motorized vehicles on the roads in developing countries has skyrocketed, ...

NBCSports.com
Giants waive Chad Jones
NBCSports.com
AP Chad Jones' two-year struggle to get back on the football field after serious injuries in a car crash was dealt a big setback today when the Giants announced that they have waived him. Last week the Giants' medical staff did not clear Jones to ...

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Turkey's double arm transplant recipient dies over heart, kidney failure
www.worldbulletin.net
Kaya was seriously injured in a train accident in Uşak and declared brain dead in mid-January. Kaya's face was also donated and was successfully transplanted to 19-year-old Uğur Acar in Turkey's first face-transplant operation.
Atilla Kavdir Dead Months After Receiving Triple-Limb Transplant In TurkeyInternational Business Times

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Trauma center drama
Cherry Hill Courier Post
A man struck by a train, both legs amputated above the knee. It is images like these that play through trauma surgeon Mark Seamon's head as he drives into work and thinks of what all he could face in the upcoming 12-hour shift.

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New York Times
Evelyn B. Johnson, Pilot and Instructor, Dies at 102
New York Times
Had she been able to fly after she developed glaucoma and her leg was amputated after an auto accident in 2006, Mrs. Johnson might have done just that. As it was, she continued to manage a local airport beyond the age of 100.

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Evelyn Bryan Johnson, pilot who set records, dies at 102
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
Had she been able to fly after she developed glaucoma and her leg was amputated after an auto accident in 2006, Johnson might have done just that. As it was, she continued to manage a local airport beyond the age of 100. She taught 5000 student pilots ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Prince Harry's tribute as Everest expedition is abandoned
Telegraph.co.uk
The soldiers, who had suffered gunshot wounds, horrific burns and amputated limbs, arrived in Nepal at the end of March before setting off on a trek to the Everest Base Camp. They had been due to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Harry's tribute as Everest expedition is abandoned
Telegraph.co.uk
The soldiers, who had suffered gunshot wounds, horrific burns and amputated limbs, arrived in Nepal at the end of March before setting off on a trek to the Everest Base Camp. They had been due to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, ...

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Marathon burn victims' lives 'destroyed'
Ninemsn
"It was like a road train coming towards you, so obviously we were all scared for our lives," he said. Ms Sanderson shed tears as she recounted how she screamed when the fire hit her body and said it felt like "an eternity" before help came.

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