SIERRA LEONE-FREETOWN-CHINESE-MEDICAL TEAM-FINGER REPLANTATION SURGERY

(251008) -- ACCRA, Oct. 8, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Members of the 26th batch of the Chinese medical team in Sierra Leone perform the finger replantation surgery in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Oct. 3, 2025. The 26th batch of the Chinese medical team in Sierra Leone has performed the West African country's first-ever finger replantation surgery.

The operation took place on Friday after a local electrician, Sallieu Sorious Yusifu Conteh, suffered a severe finger amputation while working at a mining site in Port Loko District in Sierra Leone's North West Province. (The 26th batch of the Chinese medical team in Sierra Leone/Handout via Xinhua)

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