Seven year old boy from Cambridgeshire receives Iron Man themed bionic arm
Louie-Morgan Kemp was born without a right hand
Last updated 25th Aug 2023
A seven-year-old boy from Cambridgeshire who was born without a right hand has received a bionic arm.
Louie Morgan-Kemp, from Swavesey, had just started fundraising for the prosthetic when a businessman saw his story in the news and offered to pay the full £13,000 cost.
The youngster collected the Ironman-themed Hero Arm this week and can move its mechanical fingers by using muscles in his arm to press buttons inside the sleeve.
Louie said the gadget, made by Bristol-based Open Bionics, helps him with picking things up, cutting food and pouring drinks.
Louie’s mother, Hannah Morgan, 32, said she was grateful to Mr Dixon, adding: “We weren’t expecting to have it happen so quickly.”
Teaching assistant Ms Morgan said the school summer holidays this year had “been all about waiting for that – for the Hero Arm”.
“It’s all he spoke about,” she said.
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