An Indian construction worker was impaled through the head with an iron rod -- but is expected to make a full recovery
The 21-year-old was working on repairs in a well in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh when he fell early on April 10 and the rod pierced his skull and brain.He was taken to hospital but later transferred to a specialist facility in another state for surgery.The iron rod entered the man's right temporal region and exited through the left frontal lobe."He was hypertensive. He was in shock when he was brought in.
The rod had entered his right temporal region and exited through the left frontal lobe, missing a major blood channel by millimeters."Fortunately, the rod did not pierce any major blood vessels in the brain," Giri said.The man suffered no brain trauma after the rod went straight through his skull. Read MoreIt took a team of six doctors at the Nagpur hospital to safely extract the rod from the man's skull.
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