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Months after a man in the United States received the world’s first full face and double hand transplant, doctors are only now calling it a success.
Joe DiMeo was 20 years old when his life changed, for the first time. After surviving a car accident, he was left with burns to 80 percent of his body and the skin on his hands and face had melted.
After finally finding a donor last August, doctors attempted what had never been successfully done before – giving someone a new face and two new hands.
Al Jazeera’s Leah Harding has the story.
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wow…good job
This reminds me of the movie
FACE OFF
exactly what i was thinking
You mean
FACE…………….OFF
Ironically, Nick Cage looks like a mess now with all that plastic surgery 😣
these operations i am against. the patients will suffer by being guinea pigs. who knows how long they will survive. it is not worth it
@s clad What if the patient is willing to go through with the procedure, pay for it, and improve his appearance to live more of a normal life and recover? Should we let him suffer instead?
@Serenity no, free will. however experimetns like those are dangerous
So basically people will get kidnapped more and get here faces and hands cut off
@Ok Ok No, they will grow faces and organs in labs.
@s clad its the antivax karen all over again
how far science has gone wow
We need time travel
@Strong Muslim 😂
allah the moon god
@Strong Muslim There is nothing like god.
@Strong Muslim True and science is slowly copying the creator.
Still, it’s all amazing since it take more effort for us to do something nature does easy.
This is awesome good for him! Wow!
Wow man. Wonderful job
God works mistress way, God is the greatest
Nah God is nothing, Scientists are mankinds God.
You cannot have science without faith or religion….
@Haidar Ali What makes you think that? silly goose.
That reminds me of the spanish movie ” Open Your Eyes”
Glad that these medical procedures and ability to recover from harsh conditions are available. Medicine and healthcare these days is so incredibly advanced compared to just a couple of decades ago. Lots of pain and misfortune can be mitigated.
Alhamdulillah
@Arno Wisp You are the small minded people with a low iq we are already in the 21st century yet you still believe in allah.
@Arno Wisp Palestinians are suffering where’s allah?
@Arno Wisp Africans are suffering from starvation where’s allah?
@Arno Wisp ughers are suffering where’s allah? I now most of you will just say ughers are not muslim LOL..
@Arno Wisp Arabs are fighting each other where’s allah?.
Would have been cooler a side by side old and new…time passage wasn’t that large. Anyway, if you’re reading this …good luck ! You’ve been through alot but be sure you can face the world now! Keep up the exercise!
Michael Myers vibez.
Real ‘ vanila sky ‘ movie
nice to see NHS being professional in the most corrupt manner possible…
the irony of “saving the nhs”
Also can’t you just be happy for someone. It’s amazing
@Tom happy for her sending a private msg to the NHS and it’s criminal network..
It’s a male nor a female so it’s him not a her. I am still so Confused. I think you should seek help. Maybe try going to see your local NHS GP and getting some help. Take care
@Tom the fraudulent bank account comment
@Tom im lost
What an amazing human! This is amazing and I am so pleased for him. Doctors and everyone are just amazing! Real work for humanity.
This procedure is going to be too expensive for ordinary people..
It’s in development of course it would be, only specialists with an incredible amount of work and time can do it
Best wishes for his future I wish he live a great healthy life
Future ?
in which country did the operation?
America
Oh my god! Is America so developed in medical science!!!
@Tanveer khan it can be, can
@Tanveer khan but everything is insurance
The normal people don’t enjoy this far devoloped medical science
That’s the perk of imperialism
I would rather euthanize myself wtf.
Mission Possible….Many Lives will be given new life. Hats off…
Although the healthcare system in USA needs improvement, its healthcare quality is undeniably better…
Naah, more expensive yes.
Better ? I disagree. The USA condition in current pandemic show they are not that superior.
Yes, they have the special case like the news show above.
If you say, some of their doctor are the best in the world, I would agree, because it is an individual achievement.
But the achievements pale in comparison in the face of 450 thousands death (still rising).
better healthcare quality ? lol. Well, to be fair, I guess yes compared to some country in Africa.
@Coffee Bucket Well, it depends how the media portrays. When Facebook was invented, the media will not say “An American entrepreneur invented Facebook”. But when some guy in the USA starts shooting people om the streets, they will say “Mentally challenged American teen shoots 10 people”. This is the biasness against the USA.
@Ruther Zheng It is not just about how media portray it. It also about how people want to portray it. Ex, Al-Jazeera reported that USA succeed in first full face and double hand transplant. And then BAM, someone conclude that this mean USA healthcare quality is UNDENIABLY better…
I have to disagree.
@Coffee Bucket uh no, Al Jazeera didnt mention USA, and tbh, I don’t care about the “mean” healthcare quality, what I care about is is there the BEST healthcare quality in the country, and I will buy health insurance for that kind of healthcare.
This is really awesome, science is exceptional…
Right on
Nice one God bless him 🤘🏻✌🏻
Alhamdulillah, awesome.
Smidiluyfhfaha
Dude got a whole l new face and hands. Tell me that’s not some real sci fi stuff
These doctors really do amazing work
Sincere respect for those who choose to be doner.
I am happy for this breakthrough in science.
However, it is interesting how we marvel and attach more importance to science for fixing part of what GOD created from nothing.
Alhamdulillah God gave us intelligence to use science and for that we should be thankful to HIM.
That said l congratulate the Doctors for the job well done and wish their patient complete recovery
Is it logical to assume that “YOUR SPECIFIC” God exist ?
😂😂😂 actually who is God ??
U should come out that extremism
@Adjective The only extremist here is you.
Why take offence simply because someone talked about God with modest language.
The speed with which the word ‘extremism ‘ comes out of you is so natural that ONLY an extremist can manage to to that.
@// w1z4rd // GOD is GOD.
There’s ONLY ONE GOD.
THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING.
But l can understand if you choose not to believe. That is your choice that you shall account for on the Day we shall all meet God
Man that’s impressive! The skill of doctors these days is mind boggling. Also it’s weird to think that one day we will be designing faces that we could put on if we wanted to.
And one day no one will have privacy
Just imagine all these things grow in mother’s womb with perfection without any equipment.
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That’s the law of creator.
Al khaliq
No its called Biology
@Adjective No.
@Adjective I am talking about law maker not laws, and it is called sense.
@Adjective And Allah has extracted you from the wombs of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and vision and intellect that perhaps you would be grateful.” (Q. 16:78)
Its haram, allah forbids.
This is incredible! So happy for Joe!!
AMAZING!
Bless you “medical first ” Joe
See how perfect Allah has made humans and other creatures ..even after surgery he is not able to move his body parts as normal human being can do.. Indeed Allah is great and has complete knowledge..
Not because of this
It takes time for the nerves and muscles to synchronize well.
After some months
He will be able to do all of these
MaashaAllah Allah akbar
Alhamdulillah. Happy for the lad for having some of his life back.
roadriguez , roadriguez , i am speechless.
Take a moment to appreciate the bravery of this young man to agree to undergo this kind of surgery and hats-off to the brilliant work done by all the scientists, researchers and doctors 🙏🏾
Alhumdullilah, Allah protect him and reword those that helped him.
Who is allah
@Hussein Hashim your and whole world only true god
@faduvines if he is a “god” then i have no problem.
What a brave man, bless him
amazing..thanks science
Just imagine that even with this one science did only understood about 5% of our body, there are many complex things that they work with without even knowing it, for example cells they know it but don’t really know it, because our technology is still too weak to understand it fully
That’s why it’s interesting as it’ yet mystery to us. Keep the science spirit going !
@// w1z4rd // Maybe the Allah preachers can seek their ‘God’ for answers and humanity would lead better lives moving forth.
Oh wait….
@Unknown Let’s just pray to “Allah” for a stage 5 cancer to magically disappear 😂
The face looks horror ! Scary !
You are so mean!!
Why are u saying this
Imagine how great is Allah who created man in beautiful foam.
Allah did nothing here. Wakeup!!
@belay girma He created you to day what ever you want. You must wake up
Not the Arabic god allah….
One true almighty God , Glory to the Holy Trinity….
Glory to the Father -son – and Holy spirit
Glory to Jesus Christ , God incarnated in flesh ❤️
May u have a blessed life ahead
Allah hu Akbar
Good News…
Those who are crediting Allah instead of Appreciating this impeccable feat by Doctors , i have a question for you , if ur allah really exists then why the accident was happened ?
Why he hadn’t resisted that made his life vulnerable huh ??
If the teacher exists then why did Student B failed the exam? Why did the teacher let his student blunder his exam?
We are crediting Allah because Allah is the reason behind our intelligence and ability to make surgeries like these possible.
Amazing American medical wonder
This is revolutionary
Science did again what’s just metholgy in religion
Why people still believe on useless ideologies
what happened to the person that donated his hands?
Organ donors are usually those that are on the brink of death. There’s a long waitlist and whenever a registered organ donor is dying they pull a match from the waitlist for the transplant.
Good
Well, what happened to the donor?
Probably a covid patient who was selected, it was done after the pandemic
Doctors are amazingggg..
And so called celebrity gets all the fame and money!!
Mexican origin doctor cures American, that’s the beauty of Usa
SubhanAllah
All the best
God bless them, they definitely changed his life. He looks normal now. Just impressive.
More powers to the doctors ❤️.
Why we not transplant people with something cooler like cyborg face with handsome feature?
Dude that is not surgical room with doctors. Its doctors with sugical room
I hope Dimeo lives a long, full life!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
God bless everyone behind it….
Suddenly a donor after the covid outbreak and mass accumulation of dead people worldwide, big business for the rich and elite. Just an eye opener
Brilliant!!!
Beside the miracle of science, its also a very emotional story.. God bless the Doctors 🙏🙏