Double hand transplant man feels ‘whole again’

The first person in the UK to have a double hand transplant says he feels “whole again” as he looks forward to holding a bottle of beer and wearing shirts with real buttons.

Chris King, 57, lost both his hands, except the thumbs, in an accident involving a metal pressing machine at work three years ago.

Now Mr King has become the second person to have a hand transplant at the UK’s specialist centre for the operation at Leeds General Infirmary, and the first to have both hands replaced.