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28 March 2024

Boy’s swollen finger stuck in ring for two days

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Saudi civil defence men used a tiny electric saw to save the finger of a local school boy after it got stuck inside a tight ring for two days and caused him severe pain and swelling, a newspaper in the Guf Kingdom reported on Thursday.

The boy from the western town of Makkah had forced the ring around his finger to try it but failed to take it off, Saqb Arabic language daily said.

Worried being told off by his parents, he did not tell them about the ring and it remained stuck around his finger for two days despite the excruciating pain.

“After two days, his teacher noticed that the student looked tired…when he asked about the problem, he showed him his finger,” the paper said.

“The teacher immediately phoned the civil defence, who sent experts to handle the situation…they used a small electric saw to cut the ring and take it off the boy’s finger…it took them nearly half an hour to do this as the boy kept shaking because he was afraid the saw could cut his finger off.”