A Bandra resident’s hand, and life, were saved in the nick of time after doctors diagnosed his rare Covid-19 complication — blood clots in his veins — and immediately started treatment. The 42-year-old patient was referred to SevenHills Hospital (SHH) after three of his fingers on the left hand turned blue.

The patient first went to a local physician, who asked him to get tested for Covid-19. While the test returned positive, the patient had no other symptoms except the discolouration. This alerted doctors to the rare complication of arterial thrombosis that endangered his left hand.