Compiled by JAROD LIM,OON JUN-YANG and R. ARAVINTHAN
DOCTORS at a hospital in China successfully grafted a woman’s completely detached ear onto her foot before restoring it to its rightful place on her head, Sin Chew Daily reported.
The incident began when a woman from Jinan, China, was rushed to the Shandong First Medical University after an accident ripped away her left ear and large sections of skin from her scalp and neck.
To save the ear and restore her appearance, doctors to grafted the detached ear onto her instep due to the foot’s thin soft tissue.
Following five months of meticulous nursing, surgeons successfully performed a second operation, transplanting the ear back to the side of her head.
When the stitches were removed, the woman tearfully gazed in the mirror. Looking back at her was a face she never thought she would see again, and it filled her with deep emotion.
“You’ve given me a second chance at life and the courage to face the world,” she told the doctors.
> Authorities in Singapore have issued a serious warning regarding a surge in “sextortion” scams, Oriental Daily reported.
Scammers lure victims with promises of sexual services, trick them into downloading malicious software, and then steal their intimate photos in order to extort money.
Singapore police recently issued a statement detailing that since November this year, they have received at least six reports, totalling about S$20,000 (RM63,551) in losses.
Fraudsters reportedly advertise sexual services on social media platforms, then trick victims into downloading malware during a supposed video call.
This grants remote access to the victim’s device, allowing criminals to steal intimate photos or record sexual acts, which they then use to extort money from the victim.
> A man in Singapore who called a locksmith to his home to open a door ended up saving the tradesman’s life after he suffered a cardiac arrest, Oriental Daily reported.
The quick-thinking man, who is a respiratory therapist in the emergency department of a Singapore hospital, immediately performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and successfully revived him.
The man recounted that on the evening of Nov 25, he was preparing to leave his home in the Chinatown area when he realised he had left his keys inside the room.
The locksmith appeared fine upon arrival but unexpectedly collapsed about 10 minutes into his work.
The man then performed CPR on the locksmith for approximately 15 minutes and managed to save his life.
Paramedics arrived and took the locksmith to the hospital.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
