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Hyderabad honour killing attempt: Madhavi discharged

Last Updated 09 November 2018, 12:23 IST

Twenty-year-old Madhavi who was hacked with a sickle by her father Manoharachari in broad daylight for marrying a low caste man a month ago, fully recovered from the attack and was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.

Speaking to media Madhavi and her husband Sandeep who was also attacked by her father in law said that they will never forgive Manoharachary. " He invited us to home and attacked us mercilessly after calling us to come to a cloth store in Erragadda. I will never return to my home and my home is now with my in laws," she said.

The hospital spokesperson said that she was attacked by a sharp weapon sustaining deep cut over left half of face and neck splitting ear into two pieces and near total amputation of the left hand which was hanging into two pieces with a skin tag. She was profusely bleeding.

She was shifted to emergency and was attended immediately by a team of doctors headed by Dr.Devender Singh (Vascular Surgeon), and Emergency Physicians. She was in shock and her haemoglobin was 3gm%. She was shifted to OT within 30mins after resuscitation, Necessary Tests and CT Scans were done. Along with Yashoda Hospital surgeons and Team of Anesthetists managed her critical condition during surgery.

Her bleeding was stopped and reconstruction of her damaged face, neck and hand were performed in an 8 hrs surgery. Her critical structure of neck was repaired first and then her hand was rejoined again after joining blood vessels, nerves, bones, muscles and skin.

Postoperatively she made a smooth recovery with the help of ICU team. Now she recovered well. Her Left upper limb is saved and will need physiotherapy for full function again. Mrs.Madhavi is saved and even her hand; she has little facial weakness, which over a period of time would recover.

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(Published 18 October 2018, 08:00 IST)

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