LUCKNOW, Aug. 18 -- A 3-year-old boy of Gomti Nagar area in Lucknow, fell from a height of 20 feet and was impaled by an iron rod that pierced through his head and shoulder. The family initially took him to a private hospital, where the surgery cost was estimated to be over Rs.15 lakh.

Unable to afford the expenses, the family brought the child to KGMU's Trauma Centre at around 11:45pm on Saturday, with the iron rod still lodged in his body, stated a press release shared with the media on Sunday.

The challenge was to cut the iron rod without causing further damage to the child's head, also conducting a CT scan with the iron rod in place, not only this, positioning the child for surgery due to the rod's location was also very difficult, ...