‘Little fighters’ could walk on prosthetics ‘within months’

FORMER conjoined twins Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf could make their first steps with new limbs as early next year.

‘Little fighters’ could walk on prosthetics ‘within months’

Mother Angie revealed at a national festival of twins that a specialist US prosthetic doctor who visits Ireland once a year will be examining the 20-month-old boys next month.

“From there we will plan their prosthetic process,” she said. “It’s a slow process. Every child is different. They have to learn to stand first on a prosthetic limb and then they have to learn how to walk on a prosthetic limb that would have a knee joint.

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