U.S. soldiers disfigured in combat will now be able to get face transplantsFrom The Daily Mail:
The world's biggest face transplant programme is being set up in Boston for veterans left severely deformed after surviving horrific war injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The U.S. Department of Defence has given Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the city a $3.4million contract to pay for the first batch of operations.
It is hoped the Boston doctors will carry out face transplants on six to eight patients over the next 18 months - nearly doubling the nine known procedures completed worldwide.
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My Comment: These doctors will have enough work to last them a lifetime.
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