Overview
- The crash in New Delhi involving a bike and a tractor caused complete loss of the man's left thumb and a below-knee amputation of his left leg.
- Surgeons found both amputated parts too crushed for reattachment, yet the second toe from the severed leg remained viable for transfer.
- A microsurgical team led by Dr. Mahesh Mangal executed the toe-to-thumb reconstruction with Drs. Nikhil Jhunjhunwala, Arjun Krishna, and Rishika Bachani.
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital reports the patient now has a functional thumb and is recovering in care.
- The hospital cites a microsurgery program dating to 1981 with more than 700 reimplantations, as clinicians urge swift retrieval and cold transport of amputated parts to specialist centers.