Nurse cuts baby's thumb while removing IV with scissors in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur

A nurse allegedly cut off a portion of a two-week-old baby's left thumb while trying to remove Intravenous Line (IV) using scissors at a government hospital in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur.

A nurse allegedly severed a portion of a baby's left thumb, starting from the middle and ending at the tip, while trying to remove Intravenous Line (IV) using scissors at a government hospital in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur. The incident took place on Monday afternoon. A senior doctor performed a surgical procedure to get the severed part attached to its original position, using a stent to give it support while healing. The two-week-old baby's father told reporters that the thumb got cut 'due to the nurse' and requested appropriate action against her.