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Doctors save hand of 17 year old after chaff-cutter accident chopped off his arm

Kenyatta National Hospital CEO Lilly Koros(left) and Nurse Joyce Mukuria checks the hand of 17 year-old Joseph Thairu whose chopped-off hand has been re-implanted at Kenyatta National Hospital

For a day, a 17-year-old boy was separated from his right hand.

As Joseph Mbugua writhed in pain, thinking of a life where he would never write again, his hand was being preserved in a cool box.

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