Doctors treat throat of man injured by Chinese manja

NEW DELHI: Doctors at west Delhi’s Ganga Ram Hospital on Tuesday sutured the throat of a 25-year-old, who was riding a bike when his throat was cut by a manja (kite

NEW DELHI: Doctors at west Delhi’s Ganga Ram Hospital on Tuesday sutured the throat of a 25-year-old, who was riding a bike when his throat was cut by a manja (kite string) used to fly kites.

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He came to the hospital emergency bleeding around 11am, and was immediately rushed to the operation theatre.

“He was on a bike near our hospital when his throat was cut by a manja. H e showed tremendous presence of mind by tying the wound with his handkerchief,” said Dr Anurag Pandey, consultant, plastic surgeon, Ganga Ram Hospital.

Luckily for him, the wound was not very deep.

“The thread had cut the muscles, but fortunately not touched the blood vessels or trachea,” said Dr Pandey.

On Monday, the doctors sutured the chin of another man who had sustained a cut with a manja, while flying a kite. One more case of cut on the wrist due to manja was treated by the doctors during the past 48 hours.

The hospital gets cases manja injuries around Independence Day and Rakshabandhan.

Last year, doctors treated a 70-year-old man who received a deep gash on his ankle after his leg got entangled in manja while crossing the road.

“The thread had cut till the bone and he was brought to us bleeding profusely,” said Dr Pandey.

Doctors advise putting pressure exactly on the wound and rushing to the nearest hospital.