doctors by learning to walk again.When his body was cut in two by a lorry in 1995, it was little short
of a medical miracle that he lived.It took a team of more than 20 doctors to save his life.
Skin was grafted from his head to seal his torso – but the legless Mr
Peng was left only 78cm (2ft 6in) tall. Bedridden for years, doctors
in China had little hope that he would ever be able to live anything
like a normal life agan.But recently, he began exercising his arms, building up the strength
to carry out everyday chores such as washing his face and brushing his
teeth. Doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Centre in Beijing
found out about Mr Peng's plight late last year and devised a plan to
get him up walking again. They came up with an ingenious way to allow
him to walk on his own, creating a sophisticated egg cup-like casing
to hold his body with two bionic legs attached to it. He has been
taking his first steps around the centre with the aid of his specially
adapted legs and a resized walking frame. Mr Peng, who has to learn
how to walk again, is said to be delighted with the device.
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