12-year-old boy operated for iron hook pierced in eye and skull

How a boy miraculously escaped when a mutton rod almost pierced his ear and brain.

The patient, Md Baba Qureshi, was conscious and his eyeball was intact when he was brought to the hospital. (Photo: The News Minute)

In a shocking incident earlier this week, the Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad received the case of a 12-year-old boy with an iron hook which had pierced right through his eye and skull. 

The metal rod with a hook was one that is used in mutton shops and the 12-year-old boy from Jahanuma was reportedly conscious when he was brought to the hospital.

An x-ray of the skull that shows the extent of the rod pierced (Photo: The News Minute)

The incident took place on June 6 and doctors performed surgery on the boy the next day, thus saving both his eyeball and brain. The patient, Md Baba Qureshi, was conscious and his eyeball was intact when he was brought to the hospital

According to a report in The New Indian Express, the cost of the surgery was around Rs. 1 lakh but the hospital did not charge the patient.