Learning to walk again with the help of oxygen

Name: Learning to walk again with the help of oxygen
Uploaded: 2015-02-16T20:24:45.000Z
Duration: 2 min 22 s
Description: Afghanistan veteran Ben Parkinson is learning to walk again after a pioneering course of treatment using pure oxygen to repair damaged tissue.

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Eight years ago, a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan seriously injured Lance Bombardier Ben Parkinson, leaving him without both legs and putting him in a coma for four months.

Now after pioneering treatment, involving breathing pure oxygen, Ben is learning to walk again.

The BBC's Robert Hall went to speak to him.

16 February 2015