A team of experts at a prosthetics lab in the U.S. is helping give wounded Ukrainian soldiers a new lease on life by outfitting them with new synthetic limbs.
At a Maryland prosthetics lab, a team of experts is making arms and legs to help give wounded Ukrainian soldiers a new lease on life.Thehas been "devastating," Mike Corcoran, a specialist in prosthetics, told CTV National News.
"One of the patients that came over we were told was suicidal, a double above-the-knee amputee," Corcoran said. "He was told he couldn't get prosthetics in Ukraine ... he was very depressed, but he's doing fantastic now."Oleksandr Fedun, 23, had been in the Ukrainian army for two years before a Russian landmine hit him and his convoy. He lost both legs.
There are fittings and adjustments needed for each prosthetic, along with weeks of rehab to get patients used to their new limbs. The centre can also customize the colour of prosthetics to match various skin tones. One soldier asked for the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag. The amputation was so high up, the centre built a harness to hold what would be his new bionic arm. Looking in the mirror as they adjusted it, pinching his new fingers, Rodion smiled and said, kind of proudly, "I look like a cyborg."
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