Mrs. Nash who was attacked by a friends supposedly friendly chimp, was trying to calm the animal when it attacked her. Afterwards the chimp was shot to death by the local police. Since the incident she has been transferred to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. This clinic has performed the first near total face transplant ever. (Altman and Oconnor)
She went through seven hours of surgery in the previous hospital she was admitted to, Stanford Hospital in Connecticut. Later sent to the Cleveland Clinic. The type of treatment she is going thru now has not been released yet. A face transplant could be a consideration due to the hospital she is now being cared for in.
To be able to undergo such an extensive procedure the patient would have to go thru much testing and other surgeries first. It is a long process with physical and mental risks not to be taken lightly. This procedure would only be done after all other options have been done first.
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