Penetrating harpoon removed from boy's head
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 28 2015:
Shija Hospitals and Research Institute (SHRI) has claimed that a team of its doctors successfully removed harpoon from the head of a six years old boy.
According to a statement issued by the SHRI, Ningthoujam Sumanta Meitei (6) s/o Ningthoujam Loken of Kumbi Haotat Tampha Khunou, Bishnupur, was brought to Shija Emergency and Trauma Centre on Dec 20.The boy was brought with a history of accidental penetrating injury on the left side of his head with a harpoon, a long spear-like instrument used in fishing.
He received the injury the same day at around 1 pm while playing with another child.
The boy was admitted the same day in Neurosurgery ICU under Dr Kh Vyas.
A CT brain examination was advised to to be taken to examine severity of internal injury.
But it was not an easy task to take the CT scan because the harpoon was 100 cm long and it could not easily pass through the gantry (a circular and rotating part of the CT scanner).
It was found that the tip of the penetrating harpoon was stuck inside the brain known as left Peri Sylvian region, the statement said.
Subsequently, the boy was operated on the same day by a team of doctors led by Dr Kh Vyas and the harpoon was successfully removed.
During the course of surgery, it was found that the depth of harpoon's penetration was 2 inches within the skull, it said.
The patient was discharged from the hospital on Dec 25 with no neurological deficit, the statement added.