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MTRH re-implants a man's limb after an 11-hour surgery

Doctors at MTRH re-implant the amputated hand. The hand (inset) was severed in an alleged domestic assault. [Courtesy]

A team of doctors from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) have successfully re-implanted an amputated hand of a 35-year-old man after an 11-hour operation.

The man identified as BK sustained the injury in an alleged domestic assault on August 8, at his home in Sigowet, Kericho County before he was referred to MTRH from Sigowet Sub-county Hospital.

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