10 years after UK’s first hand transplant, patient and surgeon meet again

“My mother had seen Professor Kay on the television saying he was going to do hand transplants,” recalls Mr Cahill, of Greetland near Halifax. “I managed to get to see him, and he said I was an ideal candidate. I talked it over with my family and thought I may as well go for it, it’s got to be better than what I’ve got, which it turns out it has been.”