He was treated for an infection but fell unconscious the next day.
Life can change in an instant and it did for an Abu Dhabi-based expat who lost both his hands and legs following an unsuspecting small injury at work.

Gurbinder Singh Arjan Singh from the state of Punjab in India worked as a crane operator for a private company in Abu Dhabi. On February 24, Singh injured his knee at the company site on Zirku Island, which is some 140km away from the Capital. He was treated at a nearby clinic but the next day, developed infection and fell unconscious. On February 26, he was airlifted from the island to Mafraq Hospital.

"I was working at the site from February 14. I injured my left knee while climbing a crane. At Mafraq Hospital, I was kept in the intensive care unit. My kidney had failed and blood pressure dipped. I was 99 per cent dead and was given heavy dosage of medicine to stay alive. But by first week of March, my hands and legs turned black. By second week of April, doctors told me that amputation was needed to save my life. I don't know how all this happened from a small injury," the 42-year-old said from his room in Baniyas.

According to medical report from Mafraq Hospital doctor, Singh was diagnosed with septic shock (a serious medical condition following an infection) and severe left knee necrotising cellulitis (bacterial infection), which required surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from injury to prevent the spread of infection.

SOURCE : KHALEEJTIMES