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Amputee Who Aced Class 12 to Undergo Transplant

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May 10, 2025

HEALTH Minister Ma Subramanian assured a 17-year-old double amputee, who scored 471 marks in his Class 12 board exams, that he would undergo a hand transplant surgery as soon as possible.

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Amputee Who Aced Class 12 to Undergo Transplant

He also confirmed that the teenager's name has been added to the state's organ transplant registry.

Keerthi Varma of Krishnagiri lost both hands and three toes on his left foot after an electrocution incident at a poultry farm in Hosur when he was three. Following the incident, his father abandoned the family, and his mother, Kasturi, has been taking care of him with some help from relatives.

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