According to People’s Daily
Online, Liu, was trying to get cash from an ATM
in Xi’an, north west China, when a sudden surge of electricity left her
needing urgent medical attention.
The electric shock sent about 200 volts into
her body, making her fall flat on the floor with her right arm numb and sore.
The twenty-three year-old
Chinese lady, Xiao Liu, has been electrocuted while entering her Personal
Identification Number (PIN) on an Automated Teller Machine (ATM).
Liu’s ring finger got
broken while her card got stuck in the China Everbright Bank’s ATM.
However,
her injuries were wrapped up with the doctor assuring that the fingernails
would grow back on their own. Liu has however not been able to work properly as
her injured right arm stopped her from typing properly and she has been forced
to take sick leave.
An official of the bank
however apologised for the accident and said that the bank would compensate the
woman by paying for her medical treatment. He also added that the ATM machine
had been installed for more than a year and used electricity from the eye wear
store where it was placed.
The bank’s
other two machines, which are based outside the eye wear shop, were also
tested. It was however found that they did not transmit electricity. The cause
of the malfunction in currently unknown and the cash point is undergoing
investigation while the ATM has since been closed.
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