Girl, 8, gets foot back after 4-hour surgery

SRI LANKA: An eight-year-old Sri Lankan girl, whose right foot was separated from the ankle in a motor bike accident, underwent a successful operation at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital. 

GG Dheduni Tamindi was returning home after tuition with her mother and grandfather on a motor bike when the accident occurred.

As the child had fallen asleep on the bike, her right foot got caught in the rear wheel of the bike. To the horror of the adults, her foot was separated from the ankle and lay hanging after the accident.

She was rushed to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital even as pieces of broken bones and torn flesh were brought in a polythene cover.

Kidney and Vascular Transplant Specialist Ranjuka Ubesinghe who performed the surgery said, “The child’s foot was in a bad condition at the time of admission. But we managed to implant an iron frame to the bones and transplant the nerves. The blood circulation to her foot is better now.”

“It is important when a person meets with an accident that any severed body part be brought in a clean polythene bag covered with ice cubes and water from outside.  Dr Ubesinghe was assisted in the four-hour surgery by Dr Theja Jayasekara, Dr Ishan Perera and Dr Suranga.

Expressing her gratitude to the doctors, Dheduni’s mother Sanjeewani Perera said, “We should be privileged to have such doctors in our country”. 
 

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