New prosthetic leg may make it possible for war wounded to return to battle

In 2003 BBC News correspondent Stuart Hughes lost one of his legs below the knee after stepping on a landmine in Iraq. Recently he became one of the first people in the UK to be fitted with the worlds first intelligent prosthetic foot. The foot is so advanced that soldiers who were wounded in battle are now being allowed to return to active duty if they wish, instead of being transferred to a desk job or being discharged completely from the military.

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