French transplant patients to meet

Next week, the world’s first double hand-transplant patient will meet the woman who just had the first partial face transplant. Denis Chatelier, who has lived six years with new hands, says he will offer encouragement that only a fellow transplant patient can give.

French transplant patients to meet

Next week, the world’s first double hand-transplant patient will meet the woman who just had the first partial face transplant. Denis Chatelier, who has lived six years with new hands, says he will offer encouragement that only a fellow transplant patient can give.

“I’m not a psychologist, I’m not a psychoanalyst,” Chatelier said. “But what I want to do is show her that later in life, she can be happy.”

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