Chinese doctors reattach thumb of ‘hero’ who grabbed falling lamp post to save strangers
Wang Laizi’s left thumb was ‘left hanging by piece of skin’ after being crushed between 70kg lamp post and a factory fence in Wuhan
Chinese doctors successfully reattached the thumb of a farmer, which was almost severed after he selflessly grabbed a falling lamp post to save two strangers standing in its way, mainland media reported.
The left thumb of Wang Laizi was “left hanging only by a thin piece of skin” after it was embedded with a 3cm diameter steel rod when it was crushed between the 70kg lamp post and a factory fence in Wuhan, Hubei province, on January 9, the news website Cjrb.cjn.cn.
I am just a typical farmer and anyone would have acted like me in the same situation
Chen Xi, a doctor at Wuhan Puai Hospital, said both of Wang’s hands were badly injured in the accident. Doctors were forced to perform immediate surgery to reattach the thumb to ensure it could be saved.
Wang, who lives in Wuhan’s Dongxihu district, was modest about his selfless act in saving two people from possible serious injury, the report said.
He said: “I am just a typical farmer and anyone would have acted like me in the same situation.”