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A story of a citizen who entered a government hospital in Alexandria holding his hand in a plastic bag (shocking pictures)

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Abu Qir General Hospital in Alexandria witnessed an accurate and complicated surgery that lasted for about 8 hours, in which 11 specialists and nurses participated, yesterday evening to return the severed hand completely to its owner, with a great success rate.

Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, director of the Abu Qir General Hospital in Alexandria, said that the surgical operation of a man named Mr. Rajab 47 years old, a feed and poultry dealer and as a result of the differences between him and other merchants in the Asafra region, east of the governorate, his left hand was completely amputated and brought to the hospital and put His amputated hand in a plastic bag.

The hospital director stated in special statements to “Al-Masry Al-Youm” that Rajab suffers from diabetes and has a foot amputation under the right knee as a result of a train accident since his childhood.

He continued, “The hospital came on Friday afternoon, 9/5/2020, with full amputation of the left hand and bleeding and the hand wrapped in a bag. First aid was made at the reception and quickly entered the operating room.”

He said that the medical team installed the joint, then the plastic surgery team began repairing the hand holding tendons, then repairing the arteries and nerves of the hand, then repairing the extensor tendons of the hand, then repairing the veins and sewing the skin, and it took 8 hours to complete the procedure, noting that two blood and plasma units were provided during the operation.

Rare surgery to restore a sever amputated hand at a government hospital in Alexandria

He pointed out that the operation was successfully completed, the condition is stable, and he started moving the fingers and the wrist joint. There were visits to the wound, and the patient needs a period of rehabilitation and physical therapy after that, and the completion of conservative treatment.

Rare surgery to restore a sever amputated hand at a government hospital in Alexandria

He pointed out that the medical team is made up of 11 doctors and nurses, they are Dr. Ashraf Dasouqi, consultant and head of the Department of Plastic, Burn and Hand Surgery, Dr. Ahmed Jamal Barhami, plastic surgery specialist, burns, hand surgery, Dr. Mona Nada, resident doctor of plastic surgery, burns, hand surgery and Dr. Mahmoud Al Shafei, resident doctor of plastic surgery and burns Hand surgery, Dr. Ayman Khalil, resident doctor, plastic surgery and burns, hand surgery, Dr. Karim Mamdouh, resident doctor, plastic surgery and burns, hand surgery, Dr. Mohamed Balba, orthopedist and fractures, Dr. Mahmoud Adel, orthopedic doctor, Dr. Ahmed El Sayed, anesthesiologist, and Sabah Wajihan from the Abu Qir Operations Nursing team.

Rare surgery to restore a sever amputated hand at a government hospital in Alexandria

Rare surgery to restore a sever amputated hand at a government hospital in Alexandria

Rare surgery to restore a sever amputated hand at a government hospital in Alexandria

Rare surgery to restore a sever amputated hand at a government hospital in Alexandria

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