Madhya Pradesh: Fan blade stuck in head, toddler makes 150km journey

INDORE: A 2.5-year-old boy travelled over 150km, with a fan blade embedded in his head, to have it surgically removed in Indore on Thursday

The toddler was playing in his home in Khandwa when he ran into an uncovered pedestal fan that was spinning at full power. A blade pierced 2-3-inches into her skull, cutting into his left brain.

He was operated late last night. Doctors say he will live.

Thankfully, his parents didn’t try to pry it from his head and instead cut the blade from the fan and took the child to the district hospital. Doctors there patched it up as best as they could and referred him to Indore.

The four-hour ride would have been excruciating for the little one but he endured it quietly. The family took him to MY Hospital, from where the boy was taken to Bombay Hospital for surgery.

“When the boy was brought to us around 6pm, the blade was sticking out of his head,” said neurosurgeon Dr Atul Gupta, who performed the delicate extraction. It took around 45 minutes, he added.

“Luckily, the boy was still conscious when he reached us, and the blade was unable to damage that part of the brain,” Gupta said, explaining that the blade penetrated one side of the head and didn’t enter deep into the brain, which helped minimise damage.

“If the blade had penetrated a few more inches, the consequences might have been different. The boy is doing well after the surgery and will be discharged in a day or so,” said Gupta. But he may have seizures later on, he cautioned.