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Gaza's amputees offered easy-to-fit prosthetics using UK technology

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68% Informative

Easy-fit prosthetics offer hope to thousands of Gaza amputees.

Jordanian programme uses innovative prosthetics from two British firms.

Each prosthetic limb costs about $1,400 ( 1,100 ) Each fitting is registered digitally allowing for remote monitoring and follow-up procedures.

Rizeq Tafish has been given crutches to help him adjust to his new prosthetic leg.

“I want to forget the period when I was without my legs and start again. I still consider myself to be whole and complete,” he tells a local journalist.

VR Score

64

Informative language

58

Neutral language

51

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

34

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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