HUBBALLI, Oct 04: To give a new life to an accident victim, a team of doctors at Karnataka Medical College and Research Institute (KMC-RI) performed a complex surgery on him and removed a metal rod from his chest.
The 27-year-old patient, Dayanand, from Javala Makki village of Sirsi taluk was injured in the road accident on Pune-Bengaluru National Highway near Hulihalli in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district on Wednesday.
Informing this to press, KMC-RI Director S.F. Kammar said that it was a challenging surgery that was carried out successfully. The metal rod of almost 1 metre (98cm) in size was removed from the chest wall.
Post-surgery, the patient was immediately shifted to trauma ICTU, Dr. Hosmani said and added that the patient is stable now.
