A twenty-year-old woman's hand was severed while attempting to board a train from Vaikom Road railway station in Kerala on Friday.
Theertha from Kaduthuruthy, Kottayam, was gravely injured when she fell onto the railway track at 7.30 am while boarding a train headed towards Kottayam. She was swiftly taken to Caritas Hospital in Kottayam where efforts to reattach her severed hand commenced, hospital sources said.