10 months ago
Doctors Save Engineer After Manja Cuts Neck
A man named Karthik, who works as a software engineer, was riding his bike with his fiancée in Hyderabad when a sharp kite string called manja got wrapped around his neck.
The string cut his neck badly, and he started bleeding a lot.
A kind doctor who was passing by saw him and took him to the hospital quickly.
The doctors at Kamineni Hospital worked very fast to fix his neck and stop the bleeding.
They had to do surgery to put his blood vessels back together.
Karthik also had cuts on his fingers from trying to pull the string off.
His fiancée had small cuts too.
The doctors say that manja is very dangerous, especially the kind with glass coating, and more people could get hurt if it's not controlled.
Karthik is lucky that the doctor helped him in time, or it could have been much worse.
Karthik, a software engineer, suffered a severe neck injury from a glass-coated manja string while riding his bike in Hyderabad.
The manja cut through his neck muscles and severed upper blood vessels, causing heavy bleeding.
A passing doctor noticed the incident, provided first aid, and took Karthik to Kamineni Hospital.
Doctors performed emergency surgery to reattach the severed blood vessels and repair the muscle.
Karthik's fiancée, who was riding pillion, suffered minor injuries near the neck and eye.
- Who
- Karthik, a software engineer, and his fiancée
- What
- Karthik suffered a severe neck injury from a manja (kite string) while riding his bike
- Where
- Hyderabad, India, specifically on the Kamineni flyover
- When
- Before Sankranti, more than 40 days away
- Why
- A stray glass-coated manja string entangled around Karthik's neck, causing severe cuts and bleeding
Key facts
- Victim
- Karthik, a software engineer
- Location
- Hyderabad, India
- Injury
- Severe neck cut, severed blood vessels
- Treatment
- Emergency surgery to reattach blood vessels and repair muscle
- Hospital
- Kamineni Hospital
- Doctors Involved
- Dr. Rishith Battini, Dr. Syed Mazhar Ali, Dr. Suresh Kumar, Dr. Ravali Sade
- Cause
- Glass-coated manja (kite string) entanglement
- Speed at Incident
- 40 kmph
Quotes
Dr. Rishith Battini
Consultant Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon at Kamineni Hospital
“When he was brought to the emergency room, our first attempt was to control the bleeding, which was not fully successful. We quickly decided to shift him to surgery. Within 30 minutes, we began the procedure and successfully reattached the severed blood vessels and repaired the muscle. He had also sustained cuts on his fingers while trying to pull the manja off. His fiancée, who was riding pillion, suffered minor injuries near the neck and eye.”
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“Glass-coated manja is extremely dangerous. Authorities must enforce strict control immediately, otherwise more life-threatening incidents are likely.”
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Karthik
Software engineer and accident victim
“I was riding with my fiancée towards Nagole at hardly 40 kmph when I felt a sharp cut on my neck. When I put my hand inside the helmet, I saw the manja stuck there. It had also cut my fingers. I immediately pulled over. When I touched my neck, my hand was full of blood. A doctor passing by noticed me, gave me his handkerchief to press on the wound, and tried stopping several autos, but none stopped. So he took me on his own bike to Kamineni Hospital. Only later did I realise he was a doctor there. If these accidents are happening even before Sankranti, it’s extremely dangerous for everyone using the roads.”
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