Doctors Save Boy Impaled on Rod

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(March 13) - Indian doctors have successfully removed a nearly 4-foot-long rod from a 3-year-old boy after he was impaled on it at his grandparents' house.

A 3-year-old Indian boy became impaled on a nearly 4-foot-long iron rod when he fell while playing Thursday at his grandparents' home. Mehul Kamar was taken to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, where doctors removed the rod. The boy is expected to make a full recovery.

The Times of India reported that Mehul Kumar had fallen on the rod while playing on his grandparents' under-construction roof terrace in Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand state.

The rod pierced through the boy's body and he then fell to the ground, the newspaper reported.

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He was rushed to a nearby hospital and then taken to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Bariatu, more than three miles away.

Dr Sandeep Agarwal, the leader of the five-strong team of doctors who spent five hours operating on the child, told the Times the boy was out of danger.

"We first removed the rod following which an operation was done to repair the vital organs that had been injured,'' he said.

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