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Maid's first thought in hospital after losing fingers
'How will I support my kids?'
The fate of her three children in Indonesia was all that the single mum could think of
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She remembered her shock turning instantly into panic and horror when she realised her hand was trapped in the mincer, and a split second later came the kind of pain she never imagined existed as her fingers were crushed.
When Ms Rabiah Baharuddin Abdul came to in a hospital bed hours later after surgery, she knew almost immediately she had lost the five fingers on her right hand, and her life had changed forever.
