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The Times of India
The Times of India
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TOI Lifestyle Desk | etimes.in

Woman's severed hand rejoined in groundbreaking 12-hour surgery

In a remarkable medical achievement, doctors have successfully reattached half of a young woman's palm and four fingers which were severed following a tragic machinery accident. Nikita Kumar presented to the hospital bleeding profusely and severed right hand palm. She arrived at the hospital within 30 minutes of the unfortunate incident.

The 20 year old had inadvertently placed her hand in a foam cutting machine while delivering lunch to her brothers at their factory, resulting in the amputation of all her fingers at the mid-palm level of her right hand.

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