China boy, 4, has finger amputated after dad takes him to foot spa for nail infection

BEIJING: A four-year-old boy in China had to have his finger amputated after his father took him to a foot massage shop to treat a fungal infection in his nail.

The boy, surnamed Lin, was taken by his father to the Luozhendong Foot Massage Parlour in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality, to treat an infection in his left index finger nail in July 2023, China Consumer News reported on Sept 26.