Zee Media Bureau/Ritu Singh
London: A 30 year old Russian man has recently announced that he will become the subject of the first human head transplant ever performed. Yes, you heard it right!
Valery Spiridonov, 30, a computer scientist has a rare muscle wasting condition called Werdnig Hoffman disease. This genetic muscle-wasting disorder has left him seriously disabled since birth.
Spiridonov, from Vladimir, approached Italian surgeon Dr Sergio Canavero, the controversial Italian neurosurgeon who recently claimed to have developed a technique that would allow the world's first human head transplant to take place within the next two years.
Spiridonov volunteered for the radical procedure which would see his head re-attached to a healthy donor body.
"My decision is final and I do not plan to change my mind," said Spiridonov, who also admitted that he is afraid but said he did not have many choices.
"If I don't try this chance my fate will be very sad. With every year my state is getting worse," he was quoted as saying.
Dr Canavero has named the procedure HEAVEN, which is an acronym for head anastomosis venture. Anastomosis involves the surgical connecting of two parts. He insists all the necessary techniques already exist to transplant a head onto a donor body.
While Dr Canavero's critics term his claim as 'pure fantasy', let's wait and watch if such a medical miracle is possible! Watch how this transplant will be carried out.
