A 36-year-old woman match factory worker at Kovilpatti got a new lease of life after her right hand, that was accidentally severed, has been reattached by a team of doctors in a marathon eight-hour long rare surgery at a government hospital here.
Nagajothi, a mother of three, was mixing chemicals in the match factory on August 3 when the upper portion of her right hand got stuck in a machine and was severed.
After first aid at a private hospital, she was referred to Government Rajaji hospital (GRH) here in view of the severity of the injury.
Doctors at the hospital performed the eight hour-long replantation surgery to successfully fix the limb back.
Dr G Veerakumar, head of the plastic surgery department,said though the hand was severed, they managed to reattach it."...Her hand will function normally within six months."
Dean S Revathy, said it was a rare surgery but not a complex one, adding that it was GRH'S fourth successful replantation surgery.
"I am happy as my hand is reattached now," a beaming Nagajothi said, thanking the doctors.
