After spending 26 long years of his life without being able to perform namaaz or walk for more than a few minutes at a time, a 63-year-old Iraqi national is ready to bounce back to a normal life. Atta Hoosaaini was unable to bend his right knee after he underwent surgery for a fractured thighbone more than two decades ago, subsequent to a car accident.

Atta Hoosaaini (63), with Dr A M Rajani (extreme right), and his family friend Hayder Ali and his translator Hayat (extreme left). u00a0Hoosaaini is now undergoing physiotherapy in the hospital, and has regained 100 per cent movement in his right knee