The Kharpuya family got the shock of their lives on Saturday evening when their 6-year-old son Praful met with an accident that left a screwdriver lodged in his head.
The poor family living in a remote village near Katol were lucky that the boy survived the incident without any lasting effects after an emergency surgery at Nagpur on Sunday.
Despite the screwdriver piercing through the skull right up to the optic nerve at the back of the eye, Praful was out of danger on Sunday evening. His mother Nattho smiled as she watched her son sleep peacefully in hospital.
The little boy had been playing with his cousins at home while the elders were lazing around on Saturday afternoon. The peaceful scene soon turned into one of total chaos when Praful fell over the screwdriver, and it pierced his head.
"We did not even dare touch the wound or the screwdriver, and carried the child to a doctor in Katol. He told us to take him to Nagpur, where there were better amenities and more qualified doctors to help us," said the mother.
The decision of not touching the screwdriver turned out to be a wise one, since turning the sharp-edged instrument would have damaged more nerves and blood vessels than the injury itself. Once at the hospital, doctors performed a CAT scan.
"It was shocking to look at the results of the scan, which revealed that the screwdriver had stopped just short of damaging the optic nerve. If the nerve had been affected, the boy could have even lost his vision," said Dr Dilip Sarda who operated upon him. Even with his vast experience of over a decade, Dr Sarda said this was a very unique case for him.
It took an hour of surgery by a medical team including anaesthesiologist Dr Pankaj Machwe, plastic surgeon Dr Sailesh Nisal and intensivist Dr Sanjay Marathe to undo the harm done by the injury. Though the child can be said to be medically out of danger, he will need to undergo a course of antibiotics since the doctors presume the iron instrument must have left many germs inside his head.
On Sunday morning, Praful woke up and spoke to his parents normally, bringing a smile and a few tears to the faces of his relieved parents. His father Pyarelal, who had been in shock since the incident, was finally able to eat some food on Sunday.
The poor family living in a remote village near Katol were lucky that the boy survived the incident without any lasting effects after an emergency surgery at Nagpur on Sunday.
Despite the screwdriver piercing through the skull right up to the optic nerve at the back of the eye, Praful was out of danger on Sunday evening. His mother Nattho smiled as she watched her son sleep peacefully in hospital.
The little boy had been playing with his cousins at home while the elders were lazing around on Saturday afternoon. The peaceful scene soon turned into one of total chaos when Praful fell over the screwdriver, and it pierced his head.
"We did not even dare touch the wound or the screwdriver, and carried the child to a doctor in Katol. He told us to take him to Nagpur, where there were better amenities and more qualified doctors to help us," said the mother.
The decision of not touching the screwdriver turned out to be a wise one, since turning the sharp-edged instrument would have damaged more nerves and blood vessels than the injury itself. Once at the hospital, doctors performed a CAT scan.
"It was shocking to look at the results of the scan, which revealed that the screwdriver had stopped just short of damaging the optic nerve. If the nerve had been affected, the boy could have even lost his vision," said Dr Dilip Sarda who operated upon him. Even with his vast experience of over a decade, Dr Sarda said this was a very unique case for him.
It took an hour of surgery by a medical team including anaesthesiologist Dr Pankaj Machwe, plastic surgeon Dr Sailesh Nisal and intensivist Dr Sanjay Marathe to undo the harm done by the injury. Though the child can be said to be medically out of danger, he will need to undergo a course of antibiotics since the doctors presume the iron instrument must have left many germs inside his head.
On Sunday morning, Praful woke up and spoke to his parents normally, bringing a smile and a few tears to the faces of his relieved parents. His father Pyarelal, who had been in shock since the incident, was finally able to eat some food on Sunday.
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