In 1952, prosthetic limbs made by inmates at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners could be had for a fraction of the cost elsewhere.

Paul McCullough served as the director of the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoner’s limb shop in 1952 and led prisoners in the production of various artificial limbs. McCullough noted that ...

Thanks to the artificial limbs made at the hospital’s Artificial Limb Centre, K Rukmani, from Kothagiri in the Nilgiris district, can now carry out her daily chores independently. Rukmani ...

The inmate had been relying on an outdated, ill-fitting prosthetic limb for over a decade Dubai Police provide a custom-designed prosthetic limb to an inmate to help him walk comfortably.

Since that devastating day, her life has been irrevocably altered, marked by months of arduous treatment and rehabilitation until she could walk again with prosthetic limbs. Yet, standing and moving ...

Still living in temporary shelter, Abu Qainas attends physiotherapy sessions at a prosthetics centre in the territory where she waits in a wheelchair for an artificial limb that could allow her ...

Recent reporting by KFF Health News found that many who have lost limbs are hitting roadblocks when they try to get insurance to cover the cost of prosthetic limbs. Ali Rogin speaks with KFF ...

Andrews recently explored these issues in her article "Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity." This article was reprinted from khn.org ...

Technicians in Gaza are making prosthetic arms and legs from recycled materials. IPL 2025: LSG's Ravi Bishnoi celebrates wildly after smashing six off Jasprit Bumrah Scientists studied late ...

Sitting beside him at an artificial limbs center in Gaza City is his son Mahmoud with pain evident on his face. “I dreamed of becoming a professional footballer to make my family happy ...