This is an incredible picture…
Major Abdul Rahim, an Afghan veteran who lost both of his hands in the battle, received a pair of hands from T. G. Joseph, a Kerala resident who was certified brain dead following a car accident. Francisca, Joseph’s wife, is staring at the same hands that previously held her affectionately.
Dr. Subrahmania Iyer (in blue shirt) performed the transplant procedure at Kochi’s Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences. Humanity is a Hindu doctor, a Christian organ donor, and a Muslim receiver.
The One God Almighty is magnificent.
It all started when Rahim, an Afghan Army bomb disposal expert, lost his hands in an explosion in 2012 while defusing his 31st device. He struggled with his handicap for the next three years.
When Joseph died in a car accident in 2015, it was determined that his hands would be donated to an Afghan soldier.
A team of specialists led by Dr. Iyer at the Kochi hospital successfully conducted the transplant.
It made international headlines.
Rahim recovered a significant portion of his hand capabilities following the transplant and extensive rehabilitation. In war-torn Afghanistan, he rejoined the army and defused 2,011 additional explosives.
In return, when Rahim visited Kochi for checks every year, he would bring sweets to Joseph’s wife and children and became a family friend. Though communication was difficult because Rahim only knew Pashto, they overcame this limitation by using touch language.
Then, last year, Rahim died while defusing a bomb planted by the Taliban in Kabul. Along with the courageous Afghan soldier, Joseph’s hands were shattered. The news of Rahim’s death shook his relatives. A shadow of doom dropped on Kerala’s remote Ernakulum district, and tears were poured for him.
Francisca, Joseph’s widow, stated, “Though Joseph left us, a portion of him lingered on.”
Rahim served as a living memorial for us…”
Joseph and Rahim, rest in peace.
About Mark Manuel
The above thoughts/content has been proudly copied from the wall of Sir Mark Manuel. Being interviewing almost every role model of this country and going stronger each day. Mark Manuel is a respected Mumbai editor, writer, and columnist.
With over three decades of journalism in leading publications. This includes the Free Press Journal, Times, Dainik Bhaskar, Mid-Day, and Afternoon. He is famous for his brilliant pen interviews. He himself is a TEDx speaker.
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His interviews have featured in several leading media houses. They include the Hindustan Times, Huffington Post, BBC, and Network 18. Almost every famous person has been interviewed by him in the country from Mother Teresa to Muhammad Ali. His first book is just out. It’s titled Moryaa Re! It is a crime thriller that is perhaps the country’s first police procedural. He began his career covering crime. And in a tribute to his experience and knowledge of this beat.
Several distinguished officers of the Mumbai Police and its Crime Branch collaborated with him to make this book possible. Amitabh Bachchan wrote the forward in a statement of friendship for Mark Manuel and admiration for his work.
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