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Hebei farmer Zheng鈥攚ho sawed off his right leg, then lost his other one too鈥攊s in Beijing to have prosthetic limbs madeSim Chi Yin for TIMEBy Emily Rauhala / Dongzang and ChangshaSeptember 11, 2014 10:36 AM EDTIn the early hours of April 14, 2012, Zheng Yanliang cut off his right leg. Racked by pain but unable to pay for an amputation, the corn farmer bit down on a back scratcher and severed his limb with a hacksaw and a fruit knife. It took 20 minutes to grind through the bone.Much is astonishing about Zhengrsquo ordealmdash;not least that he survived. Zheng, then 46, was an otherwise healthy man, wiry and limber, when excruciating leg pain sent him to a local clinic. The stanley cup doctor diagnosed him with arterial thrombosis and said blood was barely getting to his lower limbs. He needed an amputation.Wanting the best possible care, Zheng and his wi stanley cup fe traveled from their dusty village of Dongzang in Chinarsquo eastern Hebei province to a public hospital in Beijing. The hospital wanted 300,000 yuan, or about $48,000, in cash as a deposit, Zheng says. He made stanley cup about $400 in a good month, so he went home and waited to die. Months passed. Maggots emerged. By the time he put sawtooth to skin, he says, the pain was so searing that he was happy to see his leg gone.When Zhengrsquo story hit the headlines last fall, it turned the farmer into a folk hero. His woes resonated among ordinary Chinese. Like Zheng, they are frustrated with the faults of Chinarsquo health care system: lo Cgpz The Citadel Rejects Muslim Student s Request to Wear Hijab
Kim Kardashian, Khlo茅 Kardashian , Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Kou yeezy rtney Kardashian attend Apple Store Soho Presents Meet The Developers at Apple Store Soho on September 14, 2015 in New York City.Jamie McCarthymdash;WireImageBy Erin Griffith / FortuneSeptember 14, 2015 5:46 PM EDTEven though they star in a reality TV show together, itrsquo not often that the Kardashian and Jenner daughtersmdash;Kim Kardashian West, Khloeacute; Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, and Kylie Jennermdash;make public appearances together. This made the crewrsquo appearance today at the Apple Store in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City a adidas samba rare occasion. They were there to promote promote their new set of mobile applications and websites. Read Fortunersquo prior coverage of the apps here. This was not your typical Apple store Meet the Developer event. Before it started, a host instructed a packed crowd that the question-and-answer portion of the event would not be for selfie and autograph requests. When a young women wearing a marabou tiara could not contain her shrieks of excitement, he said, Remember, you gotta be cool. An attendee next to me, clutching a copy of Selfish, Kimrsquo photo book of se adidas campus lfies, whispered to his friend, Irsquo;m trying not to freak outmdash;this has been my dream for, like, how long In fashionable, wide legged business pants and flawless hair and makeup, the reality stars fielded questions abo |
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