Bionic girl

Bionic girl

Chloe Holmes with her bionic hand. Pic from www.thesun.co.ukA 15-year-old has become the youngest girl in Europe to be fitted with bionic fingers in a 38,000 operation.Chloe Holmes suffered years of bullying after losing all the fingers on her left hand to blood poisoning when she was three.She was left with just the thumb and half a finger on her right hand after chicken pox left her with septicaemia.After years of struggling to perform everyday tasks, her parents paid for the bionic digits, which are controlled by nerve signals in her hand.Delighted Chloe, of Swindon, Wilts, said: "The best thing is that now I can hold things."I'm looking forward to going back to school so everyone can see it."Mum Sue, 41, added: "We are all chuffed. It has changed her life." - www.thesun.co.uk