Britain's first ever DOUBLE hand transplant patient who suffered horrific work accident says he 'feels whole again' and now can't wait to shake hands with his pioneering surgeon (or hold a beer!)

Chris King, 57 (left), lost both his hands, except the thumbs in an accident involving a metal pressing machine at work three years ago. 


Now the man from Rossington, South Yorkshire, has become the first person to have both hands replaced and only the second to have a hand transplant (inset). Mr King recalled how he spent three years getting used to having no hands and resigned himself to living an adapted life. He has returned to work at Eaton Lighting, in Doncaster, where the accident happened and he said the firm has been 'brilliant'. He can remember the accident perfectly but said there was no pain and no trauma. Pictured right is an graphic showing how the painstaking surgery was performed, step by step.