13-year-old boy's hand crushed by firecracker explosion

(Dan Tri) - Using firecrackers, a 13-year-old male student in Nong Cong town, Nong Cong district, Thanh Hoa province suffered multiple injuries and a crushed hand.

On March 3, information from Thanh Hoa Provincial Children's Hospital said that doctors and nurses of the hospital provided emergency care and surgery to a male student in Nong Cong district who suffered multiple injuries due to exploding firecrackers.

Doctor Bui Minh Hai, from the Department of Trauma at the Children's Hospital, said that at 3:00 p.m. on March 2, the hospital received patient P.D.A. (born in 2012) with multiple injuries and a crushed left hand.

"Upon admission, the patient had multiple injuries all over his body, his left hand was crushed and bandaged, and the bleeding was stopped. Examination showed that the face, neck, and chest had many wounds, burned gray, and had many foreign objects of sand; the right forearm had many small, bleeding wounds; burned gray, and had many foreign objects of sand; especially the lower third of the neck on the left hand was completely crushed...

Doctors and nurses at Thanh Hoa Children's Hospital treated the wounds, performed amputation surgery, and created a stump for the hand that could not be restored. After surgery, the patient's health was stable," Dr. Hai informed.

According to the leaders of the Children's Hospital, at noon on March 3, the family representative requested that the patient be transferred to the central level for continued treatment.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/suc-khoe/nam-sinh-13-tuoi-dap-nat-ban-tay-do-phao-no-20250303161205283.htm