Chimp Victim Turned Down for Transplants: ; Ohio Clinic Says It Cannot Replace Hand and Face at the Same Time

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - An Ohio hospital has told the family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee a year ago that it cannot perform a face and hand transplant for her, a family attorney said Monday.

Charla Nash's family is looking into alternative facilities after the Cleveland Clinic said it could not do both transplants, attorney Bill Monaco told The Associated Press on Monday. He said the transplants have to be done simultaneously and come from the same donor.

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Chimp Victim Turned Down for Transplants: ; Ohio Clinic Says It Cannot Replace Hand and Face at the Same Time

The 200-pound chimpanzee went berserk in February after its owner asked Nash to help lure it back into h...

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