KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 (Bernama) -- Surgery to reattach the severed right wrist of a police officer injured in a machete attack in Kepong yesterday was successful, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said.
Surgery To Reattach Policeman's Severed Wrist Successful – Dzulkefly
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Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad confirmed that surgery to reattach the severed right wrist of a police officer injured in a Kepong attack was successful. The eight-hour procedure at Kuala Lumpur Hospital involved a multidisciplinary team using a surgical microscope.
- The successful eight-hour microsurgery was led by Dr Allan Ravi Rajagopal and Dr Aziz Sabbir Husain at Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
- The officer, Lance Corporal Thierry Rodger anak Fendy, also received neurosurgical treatment for head injuries sustained during the attack.
- The injury occurred after the officer was attacked by a foreign man armed with a machete at a residential premises in Kepong.
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