MISLEADING: Camarines Sur policeman’s hand permanently amputated

A Facebook post by a page named Parak’s Chronicle shared that Police Staff Sgt. Noli M. Miraña’s hand, which had been severed after an encounter with an armed man experiencing mental health problems, needed to be removed again after a reattachment surgery that proved unsuccessful.

CLAIM:

The post claimed that Miraña’s hand is to be permanently amputated after a failed surgery.

RATING:

Misleading

CONCLUSION:

While Miraña’s hand was indeed injured in a clash with a man and was reattached through surgery, there is no available report from Camarines Sur police or reliable news sources that the attachment was unsuccessful.

THE FACTS:

• PSSg Noli M. Miraña’s hand was severed in a tussle with a bolo-wielding man who suffers from a mental illness while responding to a police call on August 22.
• Miraña was rushed to the Bicol Medical Center (BMC) in Naga City, where a surgical team reconnected two major arteries during an 8-hour operation.
• He received a medal and financial assistance from the Philippine National Police (PNP), which BGen Ronaldo Fulo, deputy regional director for administration, formally bestowed on him. The reports still say that the hand was reattached successfully.
• There is no confirmation from BMC or the Philippine National Police that the surgery proved unsuccessful, leading to the permanent removal of the policeman’s hand.

BOTTOMLINE:

The claim is misleading. The policeman’s left hand was reattached, and no confirmation proved it to be unsuccessful.