Woman Whose Hand Was Chopped Off By Husband Gets Prosthetic Limb And Job

Renu Khatun, the West Bengali woman from Bardhaman who had her hand chopped off by her husband last year has now received a prosthetic limb and a new job. The 26-year-old, who is currently employed as a nurse at the Promotees' Training School in Burdwan, is getting used to her new prosthetic arm.

The woman whose right hand was chopped at the wrist in June 2022 by her spouse and two other men when she was enrolled in nursing school got a prosthetic hand fitted on Friday at a private medical facility in Kolkata.

Khatun is ready to get back to her responsibilities as a nurse at the Promotees' Training School in Burdwan after spending the last week learning how to work with the mechanical hand.

Woman's Hand Chopped Off

Khatun is thrilled to have a prosthetic arm, though she is still getting used to it. The Times of India quoted her as saying that the prosthetic hand is heavy and she still feels a little uncomfortable, but that she was confident about returning to hospital duty.

She has been learning how to use her prosthetic arm from a senior consultant prosthetist and orthotist Munmun Binte Sattar, who claims that she is already able to pick up tiny objects and hold a pen. She will progressively be able to open doors and handle a bag or pair of glasses in her hand. According to Sattar, she has already begun using her prosthetic arm to write.

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A four-person state women's commission team led by Leena Gangopadhyay spoke with Khatun when she was receiving treatment at Durgapur, and she assured them that she would not give up. Khatun had expressed her desire for the Bengali government and chief minister Mamata Banerjee to take her situation into consideration and offer her employment.

To prevent his wife, a licensed nurse, from obtaining a position with the government, the husband executed the horrific deed. The police learned throughout the investigation that Mohammad feared that Khatun would leave him if she started working at the government hospital. Just four days later, he was taken into custody in Salar.