CHENNAI: Doctors in Chennai’s Kilpauk Medical College Hospital amputated the lower portion of both the legs of a 16-year-old government school student who fell off the footboard of an MTC bus near Kundrathur on Friday evening.
Santhosh Kumar, a Class XI student, was brought to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in a critical condition. Amputation of both lower limbs was a lifesaving measure, health minister Ma Subramanian told reporters on Saturday.
“Doctors say his condition is stable now,” he said.
On Friday evening, some students were travelling on the footboard of a bus from Kollacheri to Kundrathur. When the bus was nearing Kundrathur Theradi, Santhosh Kumar slipped. His legs were crushed by the rear wheels of the bus.
“When he was brought to the emergency room, he had a severe blood loss. Both his feet were crushed and there were no functional parts,” said hospital dean Dr R Muthuselvan. After a blood transfusion and stabilisation, he was taken up for emergency below-knee amputation surgery.
His father, a construction worker, and mother, a housewife, were both inconsolable. Doctors told them that the surgery was lifesaving and considered only after they made all attempts to save the limb.
“Since he is young, the amputation was performed just a few inches above the ankle. We have promised to help the boy get artificial legs that will allow him to walk again,” Dr Muthuselvan said.
Santhosh Kumar, a Class XI student, was brought to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in a critical condition. Amputation of both lower limbs was a lifesaving measure, health minister Ma Subramanian told reporters on Saturday.
“Doctors say his condition is stable now,” he said.
On Friday evening, some students were travelling on the footboard of a bus from Kollacheri to Kundrathur. When the bus was nearing Kundrathur Theradi, Santhosh Kumar slipped. His legs were crushed by the rear wheels of the bus.
“When he was brought to the emergency room, he had a severe blood loss. Both his feet were crushed and there were no functional parts,” said hospital dean Dr R Muthuselvan. After a blood transfusion and stabilisation, he was taken up for emergency below-knee amputation surgery.
His father, a construction worker, and mother, a housewife, were both inconsolable. Doctors told them that the surgery was lifesaving and considered only after they made all attempts to save the limb.
“Since he is young, the amputation was performed just a few inches above the ankle. We have promised to help the boy get artificial legs that will allow him to walk again,” Dr Muthuselvan said.