There is a high tendency that a five-day-old boy's right arm will be amputated after a doctor failed to remove a tourniquet from his hand for more than 18 hours after taking a blood sample. A tourniquet is a device that is used to apply pressure to a limb or extremity in order to stop the flow of blood. The incident occurred a few hours after the baby was born at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano. According to physiotherapists, the affected hand is not functioning and may have to be amputated.