A team of doctors at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) salvaged the limb of a 40-year-old woman who suffered near amputation after an assault. She was referred to the hospital from the Government Royapettah Hospital (GRH) on Friday (December 20, 2024) night, with a nearly amputated left wrist, partial amputation of the right mid-forearm, and lacerations in the scalp and right post-auricular region (near the ear lobe).  The woman had been injured when she was assaulted with a heavy knife allegedly by her son at her residence in the city, said RGGGH dean E. Therani Rajan. Doctors at GRH had referred the woman to RGGGH for the vascular surgeon’s opinion. The patient was admitted to the RGGGH, and the plastic surgery unit doctors examined her in the emergency ward.  The patient was resuscitated and stabilised while emergency investigations were conducted. The doctors obtained opinion from all specialities concerned, and the patient was conscious during the initial evaluation and oriented with stable vitals.  Doctors found that the distal hand was held by a soft …