Baby’s fingertip severed by nursing assistant at Yasothon hospital
Surgeons at Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital in Ubon Ratchathani reattached the one-year-old's severed fingertip after staff cut his tubing at a Yasothon hospital on September 11. The story Baby’s fingertip severed by nursing assistant at Yasothon hospital as seen on Thaiger News .
On September 11, a toddler's fingertip was accidentally severed while a nursing assistant at Somdet Phra Yuppharat Loeng Nok Tha Hospital in Loeng Nok Tha district, Yasothon, was removing gauze around an IV line. The incident occurred when the assistant used scissors to cut the gauze, inadvertently severing the boy's right index fingertip in a single, decisive cut.
The toddler, who had been admitted to the hospital on September 1 and discharged the next morning, was being held by his father while the mother waited with him at the bed. The father recounted that the assistant approached with scissors and cotton, moving the scissors near the boy's fingertip to cut away the gauze. The scissors made a swift, decisive cut, severing the fingertip of the child.
Upon discovering the boy bleeding heavily on the bed, the father was so shocked he nearly collapsed. Hospital staff immediately stopped the bleeding and transferred the boy to Sapphasitthiprasong Hospital in Ubon Ratchathani for emergency surgery. The reattachment of the fingertip was successful, and the boy underwent the procedure around 1am on September 12.
The boy's father reported that doctors were still uncertain whether the finger would regain its normal function, and the family had to await further recovery updates. The child had been crying, was sleeping poorly, and struggling to eat due to the pain. Additionally, the boy experienced difficulty breathing, possibly linked to the respiratory support utilized during the surgery.
Hospital representatives later arrived at the family with a gift basket and 4,000 baht in cash to help cover initial expenses. The father expressed his shock and uncertainty about the next steps but had already reported the incident to the police. A senior Yasothon public health official stated that doctors would need about a week to determine if the nerves, muscles, blood vessels, and other tissue had successfully reconnected.
The priority, the official emphasized, was the child's treatment and recovery, with further assistance and compensation to follow.
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