When a 32-year-old resident of a village in Kolar district accidentally injured her right hand in an electrical fodder cutting machine on Sunday, her fingers were completely severed. However, timely intervention — right from the preservation of the severed fingers and rushing the patient to a hospital for surgery – helped in the restoration of her fingers.
The woman initially went to a hospital in Kolar and after getting first aid, she was brought to HOSMAT hospital. She reached the hospital within four hours after the accident that left her ring finger completely severed from the right hand at the proximal finger joint (amputation). Besides, her middle finger – tendons, nerves and blood vessels were cut with dislocation of joint, doctors at HOSMAT said.
“They brought the cut fingers in a clean, plastic bag, in a tiffin carrier with ice. Timely intervention helped in replantation of her fingers,” said Ajith Benedict Rayan, Medical Director at HOSMAT.
