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  Thailand: 57-year-old woman's leg amputated after getting trapped in moving walkway at airport

  World | June 30, 2023 14:05 IST

  Despite timely intervention by medical personnel, the woman's leg suffered severe injuries by the time she reached a hospital and it had to be amputated up to the kneecap, said Don Mueang International Airport director Karant Thanakuljeerapat.

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  In war-torn Syria, boy's leg is amputated on hospital floor, sent home in a truck

  World | October 13, 2012 19:15 IST

  Damascus, Oct 13: The Daily Mail, London on Saturday published horrific pictures of wounded people getting treatment on the floor of a hospital in Syria, and then transported in trucks because of lack of ambulance.