Shakib leaves hospital
Bangladesh Test and T20I captain Shakib Al Hasan was discharged from hospital and returned home yesterday. The cricketer had undergone immediate surgery on the injured little finger of his left hand upon returning from the UAE midway through the Asia Cup.
"Shakib Al Hasan came to Apollo Hospitals on September 27 with severe pain and swelling in his left hand little finger. Apollo Hospitals took the matter seriously and, after consulting with the Bangladesh Cricket Board, we quickly decided to perform surgery," said Dr M Ali, senior consultant & co-ordinator Ortho of Apollo Hospital, who had performed the surgery.
"Within two hours of admitting him, we did the surgery and removed 50-60ml of pus from his infected finger. We also detected the type of infection and received a good response after giving him anti-biotic. After 72 hours his infection is under control but it will take some more time and he will have to continue the anti-biotic as he was discharged today (Sunday)."
Describing the seriousness of the injury, Ali added: "There was a huge blister in his finger and the pus was dropping from it and it could have blasted at any time so if we didn't do the surgery his hand would have been in danger. It was so angry-looking. We had to take immediate action and we have successfully done that. He definitely needs surgery later as well, which can only be done after at least three weeks as the infection has to be brought under control," he said.
After undergoing the next surgery three weeks from now, Shakib will need a further two months before he can return to cricket.
Shakib injured his finger in the final of the tri-nation series in January this year when he dived to stop a single and dislocated his left hand's little finger upon impact with the ground.
Initially Shakib was supposed to undergo the next surgery in the US but it was learnt that there are two others options in the form of Australia and England.
Meanwhile, ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who returned to the country after the Asia Cup campaign on Saturday, visited Shakib at the hospital.
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