The fact that Can Angelo L. (24) is still alive and able to hold his left hand in a camera again is thanks to a medical masterpiece. Done by the specialists at the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB) in Marzahn!

Last Thursday, she was quickly and completely severed from him using brute force. It was around 12.50 p.m. when the masseur trainee on the Tempelhofer Damm in Tempelhof abruptly attacked by a man (24) with an ax would.

His memories of what happened are fragmentary. “I saw the ax fly, I wanted to fend it off,” says Can Angelo L. “Suddenly my left hand was hanging down the back of my arm.”

With presence of mind he folded it back, wrapped his jacket around everything, and dragged himself to a driving school, where he went down.

“I asked the staff for two glasses of water and an ambulance. Then I called my mom on my cell phone and said I love her. I felt dizzy and cold. I stared at the sky, smiled and waited for me to fall asleep. “

An arriving police officer stops the flow of blood, he compensated with his belt tied off his arm. The emergency doctor had L. fly to the UKB in the rescue helicopter. A team of ten specialists consisting of hand surgeons is available around the clock for such serious injuries.

“75 percent of the hand was severed,” says Prof. Andreas Eisenschenk (64), chief physician for hand, replantation and microsurgery. “Two main arteries, two trunk nerves, eight tendons and two carpal bones were broken.”

Ulrike Schnick (52) the young man, the team operated for seven hours under the direction of Dr.

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“I am Dr. Schnick and the UKB team are incredibly grateful for giving me a second chance and are fascinated by their work, ”Can Angelo L.

The alleged perpetrator reported to the police. Although he received an arrest warrant on suspicion of attempted manslaughter, he was spared remand.

The exact background of the act is still being determined.