Pics: Man has severed hand sown onto his ankle to keep it alive

You don’t see this every day

If you are ever unfortunate enough to lose your hand in a workplace accident, get yourself, and your hand, over to China. A guy called Xiao Wei had his right hand cut at the wrist, while his arm was completely crushed in the same accident. Surgeons at Changsha Hospital had to think quickly in a bid to save his hand so they attached it to his ankle to keep it alive while they worked on repairing his injured arm. “His injury was severe. Besides ripping injuries, his arm was also flattened. We had to clear and treat his injuries before taking on the hand reattachment surgery,” his doctor explained in quotes carried by the New York Daily News. "I was just shocked and frozen at the spot, until co-workers unplugged the machine and retrieved my hand and took me to the hospital," Wei told media. "I am still young, and I couldn't imagine life without a right hand." The plan is to reattach the hand to his arm when the limb is up to the surgery. Amazing stuff. Pic credit: HAP/QUIRKY CHINA NEWS/RE/REX USA