Kochi, May 26 -- In a rare and miraculous medical feat, the vision of a higher secondary student from Palakkad after a 9.5 cm long and 1.4 cm wide tree branch pierced through his left eye while playing.
The incident occurred last Tuesday evening when the student was accidentally struck in the eye by a branch thrown by a friend. The branch entered through the edge of his left eye, pierced the nasal bridge, and extended close to the inner edge of the right eye.
The student was first taken to private hospitals in Palakkad and later in Thrissur. However, doctors there were unable to remove the embedded branch. He was then rushed to Amrita Hospital, Kochi, where an emergency surgery was promptly performed.
The surgery, which lasted around two...