MELBOURNE - Victorians will help cover the cost of anti- rejection drugs for Australia's first potential double hand transplant recipient.
Former plumber Peter Walsh, of Cobden in the state's south- west, had his hands and feet amputated after contracting pneumococcal disease.
The O'Brien Institute is preparing for the potential transplant procedure along with St Vincent's Hospital.
The anti-rejection drugs will cost up to $30,000 a year, a cost the Victorian Government has pledged to pay.
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