World’s Youngest Shoulder-Level Hand Transplant Recipient Celebrates First Rakshabandhan

World’s first female and the youngest shoulder-level upper limb transplant recipient Anamta Ahmad celebrated her first Rakshabandhan with her new hands. Ahmad tied a knot of gratitude with her indomitable spirit, strength, resilience and a story of medical excellence. She received her new hand at Mumbai’s Gleneagles Hospital in 2024 after losing it to severe electric shock. She had received the hand from a nine-year-old brain-dead donor from Surat, who was the youngest hand donor in the country.

In a similar instance, western India’s first bilateral hand transplant recipient Monika More tied a Rakhi to a young liver transplant recipient. Her new hands, which gave her life new meaning, tied a thread woven with love, courage, and the silent promise that no one will ever have to fight alone. She walked the same corridors of Gleneagles Hospital, where she once lay as a patient, now as a beacon of hope for those fighting their own battles.