Doctors Attach Man’s Severed Hand To His Ankle In Hopes Of Saving Body Part

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When Xiao Wei, a factory worker from Changde, China, accidentally severed his right hand at the wrist and smashed his arm in a machine while working in November, doctors were not expecting to be able to save the remnants of his hand. “I was just shocked and frozen at the spot, until co-workers unplugged the machine and retrieved my hand and took me to the hospital,” Wei said, via the New York Daily News.

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