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Paul Vass

Scots prosthetics doctor who had arm severed by 40-tonne truck returns to work with bionic arm

A Scots prosthetist who lost his arm when he was run over by an articulated lorry has returned to work after being fitted with a revolutionary bionic limb.

Dr Jim Ashworth-Beaumont, originally from Edinburgh, had to endure the ordeal of having his right arm amputated while he remained trapped under a 40-tonne truck that 'side swiped' his bike in July 2020.

He spent six weeks in an induced coma and, after recovering from his injuries, the 55-year-old vowed to return to his career designing and fitting artificial limbs for NHS patients.

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