Amid fear of corona infection as a frontline warrior a rare surgery performed at Kalinga hospital Bhubaneswar, Odisha
By Chidatmika Khatua
Bhubaneswar, June 10, 2020:
A 25 years truck driver while driving truck on state highway somewhere near Salabani west Midnapore, West Bengal put his right hand on rest over right side window of truck.
Suddenly another truck crossed nearby and hit to his right upper limb which got amputated by shear force.so after little first aid at local hospital patient shifted to Odisha and reached Kalinga Hospital at 1 a.m on 2nd june 2020.
Since patient brought the amputated part unpreserved immediately that had been kept inside freeze at optimum temperature. Patient stabilized haemo -dynamically and sufficient blood was arranged to start surgery.