Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad expresses appreciation to the team of specialists, doctors and nurses at Kuala Lumpur Hospital involved in the operation.
Key takeaways
A Kuala Lumpur Hospital team successfully reattached a police officer’s severed hand after an eight‑hour microsurgery, praised by Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad. The officer, Thierry Rodger Fendy, also received head injury treatment from the neurosurgery team.
- The hand reattachment took eight hours and used a surgical microscope.
- Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad thanked the upper limb and microsurgery team led by Dr Allan Ravi Rajagopal and Dr Aziz Sabbir Husain.
- The officer’s right wrist was severed during an attack with a parang in Kepong.
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Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said the operation demonstrated the excellent standard of multidisciplinary medical services at public healthcare facilities. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: Doctors have managed to reattach the severed right wrist of a police officer injured in a parang attack by a foreigner in Kepong yesterday.
Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said the operation was a success and expressed appreciation to the team of specialists, doctors, nurses and other medical personnel at Kuala Lumpur Hospital involved in the operation, Bernama reported.
“Special appreciation goes to the upper limb and microsurgery subspecialty team, led by Dr Allan Ravi Rajagopal and Dr Aziz Sabbir Husain, for successfully completing the eight-hour procedure, which required a high degree of precision using a surgical microscope,” he said on Facebook.
