Timely intervention by doctors at a private hospital in the city helped re-implantation of four severed fingers of a 44-year-old woman.
The woman, Manjula, a resident of Kolar, accidentally injured her left hand in an electrical fodder cutting machine at around 11.30 a.m. on October 1. The accident resulted in complete amputation of her thumb, index, middle and ring fingers. In a 12-hour surgery, doctors at HOSMAT hospital where she was brought after first aid in Kolar, reconstructed her four fingers.
The surgery was successful as the patient was rushed to the hospital within four hours of the accident. The surgery was conducted by a team of doctors led by Thomas Chandy, Chairman and Chief of Orthopaedics at the hospital. The team comprised of Kannan Karuppiah Kumar, Hand and Microvascular Surgeon, Deepu N.K., Plastic and Microvascular Surgeon and Gautham Pate, Anesthesiologist.
