Italian doctor claims can transplant man's head to new body in just an hour

London: Surgeon Sergio Canavero has claimed that not only he can successfully conduct a head transplant, but he can do it within an hour.

The Italian doctor, whose procedure would see a man's head being removed from one body and place to other, has vowed to go to China as he is banned from doing it everywhere else due to political reasons, the Independent reported. Canavero said that the full joining process could take up to 24 hours, and would be carried out by a team of doctors from around the world to ensure that none of them got tired.

The doctor, whose story been published over 100 papers, needs 15 million dollars for the process which will bring "happiness and health for a lot of people."