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  • November 19, 2018 - Kolkata, India - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu today meet to  West Bengal Chief Minister  Mamata Banerjee and after the meeting  jointly press conferences,The November 22 meeting will focus on the form and structure of the proposed anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forum and a course of action to take forward the initiative further. Besides, a plan of action will be drafted to fight the Narendra Modi government over its alleged anti-people policies such as the use of official agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and income tax department to settle scores with political rivals, dismantling of institutions and the “ill-effects” of the note ban.Naidu has met leaders from a wide spectrum of opposition parties including Rahul Gandhi, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his father and party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam (DMK) leader MK Stalin and leaders of the Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist).  At the State Secretariat Office Nabanna on November 19,2018 in Kolkata,India. (Credit Image: © Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • November 19, 2018 - Howrah, West Bengal, India - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu (left) meets West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (right) at State Secretariat building Nabanna in Howrah. (Credit Image: © Saikat Paul/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
    MEGA145800_015.jpg
  • August 13, 2017 - Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India - A Nurse prepare to inject a child being treated at ICU ward at Sarojani Naidu Children's hospital in Allahabad. (Credit Image: © Prabhat Kumar Verma/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • August 13, 2017 - Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India - Allahabad: A child being treated at ICU ward at Sarojani Naidu Children's hospital in Allahabad on 13-08-2017. Photo by prabhat kumar verma (Credit Image: © Prabhat Kumar Verma via ZUMA Wire)
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