Earlier this year, 11-year-old Aishwarya Bhandari would not have imagined that one evening's fun and games with friends would turn into a nightmare. While in the lift, her hand accidentally got stuck in the lift's door, which eventually got yanked off as it escalated.Residents rushed her to the hospital along with her avulsed limb which was found on the third floor. Her mother, a housewife and her father, who is a helps at a medical store, reached soon after.But, in a remarkable feat, doctors at Noble Hospital, Hadapsar, successfully re-joined the child's severed hand . After a four-month-long stay at the facility, she was discharged early in June. The adolescent is now able to move her limb and is regaining sensation in her fingers. To top it all, the successful operation was heavily funded by the hospital.Dr Abhishek Ghosh, microvascular and reconstructive surgeon told Pune Mirror that the severed part was badly damaged with torn nerves and vessels, making it a difficult object for the replant procedure."Considering the age of the patient and the immense psychological impact it would have on her, we decided to go ahead with the sixhour replantation surgery. It was very difficult to anastomose the vessels, because of the extensive crushing and avulsion in the tissues. It was also difficult to maintain the vital parameters due to massive blood loss and shock," he said.Replantation surgeries with corrosion such as Bhandari's are seldom done across the world. Even if the procedure gives results, there is an impending financial burden. Ghosh said that the hospital supported most of Bhandari's fourth-month-long stay, given the patient's weak financial status.Bhandari's mother, Shashikala, has expressed gratitude for the strong support from Noble, which restored her "daughter's life". Scared to even recall the horrific incident, she is now glad that Bhandari has resumed school."I thank God and even the doctors at the hospital as they have operated on her well and even managed funds for the surgery. I keep faith and hope that she recovers to a level that she can use her hand for routine work. She is not on medication now, but we take her to the hospital for physiotherapy every alternate day," said Shashikala.Bhandari herself is optimistic about her recovery. Excited by the fact that she can move her hand, she says that it is all that's to the exercise given by the doctors."I go to the school every day and now, I am going to study hard to get good marks. I report even the most miniscule of the discomforts to the doctors," she said.Officials at the Noble Hospital, who are basking in the success of the surgery, did everything in their power to piece funds together. Dr HK Sale, the hospital's executive director, attributed the effort to their strong sense of "social responsibility"."Around Rs 3 lakh were collected for the surgery from various schemes like the chief minister's fund, Pune Municipal Corporation's schemes, poor citizen's schemes and private charity through our social worker Vishal Torade. The condition of the family is financially very weak. We did not want the girl to suffer for the rest of her life. Our efforts have certainly borne fruit," he said.Applause for the surgery also poured in from Ruby Hall Clinic, where senior orthopaedic surgeon Dr Raghav Barve marvelled at the complexities of the procedure. "The doctors have done an enormous job by returning the function to the hand. However, people should not expect 100 per cent recoveries from such surgeries. The renewed functions depend on the time between the injury and the surgery to repair tissues, bones and muscle," he said.

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