KUALA LUMPUR: Research into the use of larva to treat diabetic wounds has saved more than 5,000 patients from limb amputations, said Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye (pic).
He said that 90% of the 6,000 patients who were treated with maggot debridement therapy were saved from having their limbs amputated.
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