UAE plastic surgeon saves thumb of mechanic chopped off in an accident

UAE plastic surgeon saves thumb of mechanic chopped off in an accident

The amputated thumb was reattached performing a complex eight-hour-long reconstruction surgery Dubai: The thumb of a 47-year-old Indian mechanic, which got amputated in an accident, was saved by a plastic surgeon here in a private hospital. A mechanic at a printing company in Jebel Ali, Kunhikrishnan Chanavalappil, lost his thumb in an accident at his workplace. An expat in the UAE for the past 22 years, Kunhikrishnan said it happened in a fraction of a second. “It was 9 in the morning. We were about to start our work. I…