BEIJING, Dec 19: Eight out of 23 children wounded in a knife attack in central China will receive delicate surgeries, especially for their facial wounds, doctors said today.
The eight elementary school students from Guangshan County have been transferred from local hospitals to Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, capital city of neighbouring Hubei province, for better treatment.
Future treatments will focus on plastic surgery and psychological rehabilitation and comforting.
Doctors in the hospital said the children are in stable conditions and their injuries are not life-threatening.
Deng Fei, a plastic surgeon, said the initial treatment of their wounds, mostly on their faces, will leave distinct scars, as thicker needles and threads were used.
“Such treatments will have a severe impact on the kids’ appearances, leaving with them psychological shadows,” Deng told state-run Xinhua news agency.
Deng said surgeons in the hospital will operate on the wounds again, using glues and professional surgical threads to make the scars less noticeable, which will be good for the children’s return to society.
The children are also receiving psychological rehabilitation and comforting in the hospital.
Meanwhile, state-run China Central TV showed CCTV footage of the Min Yongjun, a 36-year-old attacker barging into the school through the gate with fairly big cleaver violently slashing the faces of children who ran in panic to escape the deadly attack.
He was finally subdued by staff. (PTI)
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