Topic: Charla Nash

AP Features | 2010-01-25 20:50:10

An Ohio hospital says a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee is not a candidate at this point for a face and hand transplant. The Cleveland Clinic cited the complexity of Charla Nash's injuries. The hospital says Nash has made significant progress in her recovery and further surgeries are planned to help her gain back some of ...

Continue reading... 
AP News | 2010-01-25 20:50:06
Cleveland hospital won't perform face, hand transplants on Conn. woman mauled by chimpanzee

An Ohio hospital has told the family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee a year ago that she is not a candidate for a face and hand transplant. Charla Nash's family is looking into alternative facilities after the Cleveland Clinic said ...

Continue reading... 
AP News | 2009-12-07 21:43:59
Connecticut prosecutor says he does not plan to file charges in chimp attack

A Connecticut woman who owned a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a woman won't be charged because there's no evidence she knowingly disregarded any risk the animal posed, a prosecutor said Monday. State's Attorney David Cohen said it wasn't evident that Sandra Herold ...

Continue reading... 
AP News | 2009-11-12 01:48:43
Conn. woman attacked by chimpanzee reveals face, tells Oprah Winfrey she wants to move on

A Connecticut woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee revealed her heavily disfigured face on television Wednesday, saying she is blind and has to eat through a straw, but isn't angry. "I don't even think about it," Charla Nash said on Wednesday ...

Continue reading... 
Action Alerts from the National Anti-Vivisection Society

Encyclopedia Britannica | 2009-11-12 16:45:29

loading
loading
loading