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Bionic leg for service wounded

Wounded service personnel welcomed a Government move to guarantee that leg amputees will get the most up-to-date prosthetic limbs.

Whitehall today announces a funding boost of £6.5 million to ensure all members of the Armed Forces, past and present, who have been injured in Iraq or Afghanistan will be able to have state-of-the-art micro-processor limbs, known as bionic legs.

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