Associated Metro Ltd" He survived against all the odds; now Peng Shulin has astounded doctors by learning to walk again. Bedridden for years after a lorry had cut his body in half in 1995, doctors in China had little hope that Peng Shulin would ever be able to live anything like a normal life agan.
But recently, he began exercising his arms, building up the strength to carry out everyday chores such as washing his face and brushing his teeth.
Doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Centre in Beijing found out about Mr Peng's plight late last year and devised a plan to get him up walking again.
They came up with an ingenious way to allow him to walk on his own, creating a sophisticated egg cup-like casing to hold his body with two bionic legs attached to it.
He has been taking his first steps around the centre with the aid of his specially adapted legs and a resized walking frame."
Coincidentally, the SUN reported in the front page today of a man, Amri Mohd Samat who is also reduced to "half a man" but "full of life" after his body was amputated from his waist down due to infection. Amri was paralysed from the waist down due to a motorcycle accident in Singapore 21 years ago.To Mr Peng and En Amri, we salute you for your courage!
The Sun, 13 July 2007
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