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Bullet lodged inside the nose of robbery victim Tanveer Ansari in India

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EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t

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Robbery victim has bullet pulled out of nose - 16 Jan 2018
EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t