Boy who lost legs and hands to meningitis gets £10,000 Star Wars bionic arm

An 11-year-old Star Wars fanatic who lost his left hand and both legs below the knee to meningitis has been given an R2D2-themed bionic hand. Kye Vincent, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, was given days to live in April 2016 when he was struck down with the killer infection. The youngster, then eight, was placed into an induced coma and spent 38 weeks in hospital, where doctors were forced to remove his legs, his left hand and part of his right hand. But in the years since, Kye has made a remarkable recovery and has capped the end of a long journey with a £10,000 bionic arm. The prosthetic, called a Hero Arm, has been designed to look like the the droid R2-D2, an iconic character from the Star Wars franchise.