Thellakom (Kottayam): Doctors at the Matha Hospital here replanted the severed arm of a woman after a six-hour surgery.
The left arm of the woman, Anitha Mathew, 42, was severed at the elbow after her bangle had tangled in the coconut oil processing machine on May 10. The neighbours, who responded to her screams, rushed her to a private hospital at Mannar. They had also taken the severed arm in a plastic bag.
The private hospital referred Anitha, a resident of Attingal House at Kuttanperur, Mannar, to Matha Hospital.
A team led by Plastic Surgeon Dr S Jayachandran, Orthopedic surgeon Dr V Rajesh and Anesthesiologist Dr Princy Chandran conducted the surgery to reattach the arm. Anitha will be discharged from the hospital on Saturday, Dr Jayachandran said.
