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Eighteen-old-entrepreneur Leander, from Greece, discovers how the work of leading orthopaedic surgeon Professor Munjed Al Muderis is changing the lives of amputees.
Eighteen-old-entrepreneur Leander, from Greece, discovers how sci-fi became reality, through the work of leading orthopaedic surgeon Professor Munjed Al Muderis. He has developed a new generation of implants for amputees which replaces the traditional socket based technology with a robotic prosthetic limb. We also hear about Professor Al Muderis鈥檚 life, and the journey he made as a refugee from Iraq to Australia.
Made by 成人快手 World Service and 成人快手 Rewind. Produced by Tamsin Barber.
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Mon 16 Mar 2020
04:50GMT
成人快手 World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean & East Asia only
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Lt Ali Spearing walks on his prosthetics for the first time聽at the Macquarie University Clinic in Sydney on May 7, 2015 (Credit: Peter Parks via AFP/Getty Images)
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- Sat 14 Mar 2020 05:50GMT成人快手 World Service Online, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 14 Mar 2020 18:50GMT成人快手 World Service except Europe and the Middle East & News Internet
- Sun 15 Mar 2020 05:50GMT成人快手 World Service Europe and the Middle East
- Sun 15 Mar 2020 15:50GMT成人快手 World Service News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
- Mon 16 Mar 2020 00:50GMT成人快手 World Service South Asia
- Mon 16 Mar 2020 02:50GMT成人快手 World Service East and Southern Africa
- Mon 16 Mar 2020 04:50GMT成人快手 World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean & East Asia only
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