LUCKNOW, April 22 -- A 28-year-old patient, Chota from Gorakhpur, has got a new lease of life after sustaining a stab injury, not only due to a successful surgery but by sheer luck, doctors at King George's Medical University (KGMU) said after a piece of knife was removed from his chest during a second surgery.

Earlier, after a 13-cm knife was surgically removed from his chest at a Gorakhpur hospital, a post-operative X-ray report revealed that that the patient still had a shard of metal lodged just 0.5 cm away from his heart.

The patient was stabbed during a scuffle in Gorakhpur and he underwent a surgery at the BRD Medical College. However, after an X-ray report showed that a shard of metal was still lodged dangerously close to his he...