Man survives metal rod through chest

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The rod was lying on a construction site when the taxi SupratimDutta was travelling in smashed into it yesterday.

The 60-centimetre-wide bar crashed through the car's bonnet anddashboard before hitting the 23-year-old, who was sitting in thecar's front passenger seat.

Despite the incident, he remained conscious and called family andfriends from his mobile phone while he waited at the scene for anhour before being taken to hospital, newspapers reported.

Indian media described the three-hour-long surgery as a miracleafter the metal bar, weighing six kilograms, cut through his liver,stomach, spleen and left lung.

It also perforated the man's diaphragm in two places and broke arib, but missed his heart, The Times of India reported.

"In my 35-year long career, this is the first time that I haveseen a case like this," the newspaper quoted doctor M C Misraas saying.

Doctors at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences saidthe surgery was difficult as the rod's angle prevented doctors fromestablishing the extent of internal damage.

Three of Dutta's ribs had to be cut to free the rod from his body.

Doctors said he was in a stable condition, but post-surgeryinfection could pose a danger to his life.
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