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He Brought His Severed Finger from Malta and Had It Reattached
While on duty at sea, mechanical engineer Berk Altınelli's right hand index finger was severed at the middle joint due to an accident. He was taken to a hospital in Malta, but doctors told him that his finger could not be reattached and advised him to discard it. Altınelli brought his finger back to Turkey in his backpack and underwent a successful operation more than 19 hours later.
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Turkey Achieved a World First in Elephantiasis Treatment
The operation performed on Sadık Gözel, who has been battling elephantiasis for 18 years, is the world's first of its kind in the area it was applied.
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