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Free surgery helps 2-year-old girl get her hand back
Updated On: 14 November, 2013 06:26 AM IST | | Richa Pinto
The girl's palm and forearm had fused to become one due to burn injuries; free surgical camp ensured that she underwent the operation
A two-year-old girl who had lost her limb movement returned tonormal life after doctors at a burns care centre in Navi Mumbai performed a surgery on her hand on Wednesday.
The girl, Supriya Naik, had burnt her hand in her village in Odisha, when she was only two months old. The incident occurred in January 2011 when the child was sleeping on a mattress. Since there was no electricity, the parents had lit a candle. Unfortunately, the candle fell on the mattress, which caught fire. The baby’s right hand was burnt because of the flames and she suffered 25 per cent burn injuries.

