When he was just 2 years old, Maryland resident Zion Harvey underwent a quadruple amputation in which doctors had to remove his hands and his legs below the knee, because of an infection. Now at age 8, he has become the first child in the world to receive a double hand transplant. A medical team of 40 people, including 12 surgeons, took nearly 11 hours to perform the operation.
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