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Dubai Police rescue boy whose fingers got severed in lift

Dubai - Its special squad of rescuers reached the site immediately and found that the fingers of the boy's right hand were completely severed.

The Dubai Police rescued a boy - hailing from a GCC country - whose fingers got severed after his hand was caught in the elevator door while playing.
On being informed about the incident at the operation room, the Dubai Police swung into action. Its special squad of rescuers reached the site immediately and found that the fingers of the boy's right hand were completely severed. 
The rescue team removed his hand carefully and an expert took the fingers, while putting them in a towel in such a way that the tissues could be preserved. The boy was rushed to the hospital where doctors attached his fingers back to his hand after a successful operation. The boy's family thanked the Dubai Police for their swift action.
Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Ateeq Bourguiba, deputy director of Dubai Police search and rescue department, revealed that the Dubai Police rescue personnel are trained to deal promptly and professionally, especially with children, during an accident. He said that the security officials and building guards are regularly trained to handle cases that involve elevators.
Bourguiba said the rescue personnel reach the site in 3 minutes after receiving information about an accident. They are available to attend to emergency cases 24 hours.
He revealed that the Dubai Police have rescued 157 women and children who were trapped in cars, elevators, rooms and bathrooms from Janaury to mid-September this year. 
Among the rescued, 80 were children who were left in locked cars. He said that no deaths were reported due to this as the personnel are trained to open the car doors in 60 seconds. In some cases, they had to break open the side glass to save a child's life, without causing any trauma.
In a recent case, a 12-year-old girl was injured while playing a game in a shopping mall due to a technical defect in the electric device. The girl suffered fractures and the rescue team had to use hydraulic equipment to rescue her. They also asked the municipality to ban the game in all shopping malls. Necessary legal action was taken against the operator, too.