On March 19, Viet Duc Friendship Hospital received a serious work accident. A 36-year-old woman in Hanoi was accidentally dragged into a meat grinder while working, causing the second and third fingers of her right fingers to be seriously injured. Thanks to being taken to the hospital in time, doctors quickly handled the situation to save the patient's hand.
Doctor Nguyen Manh Tien - Department of Lower limb Surgery (Viet Duc Friendship Hospital) said: The patient was admitted to the hospital in a state of alertness but shocked by pain, his right hand was still stuck in a meat grinder. Immediately, doctors assessed the extent of the damage and urgently took the patient for emergency surgery.
Thanks to the timely coordination between specialties, the surgery was successful, helping to preserve the patient's hand's motor function to the fullest extent.
To prevent unfortunate accidents when using household appliances such as meat grinder, etc., doctors recommend that when a work accident occurs, you need to stay calm, conduct first aid properly and quickly take the victim to the nearest medical facility. Absolutely do not arbitrarily remove foreign objects, apply leaves, or herbal medicine to the wound to avoid the risk of shock due to pain, blood loss, infection, making treatment difficult.
