A Queensland man has become the focus of widespread medical attention after his severed hand was successfully reattached by surgeons two months ago.
Brisbane factory worker Lawrence Cooper was operating a meat slicer when his hand was cut off below the thumb in August.
Surgeons say the extraordinary operation wouldn’t have been possible without the quick-thinking actions of a fellow worker, who immediately plunged the hand into a bucket of ice and applied a tourniquet to his arm.