Saving a teenager with a knife stuck in his eye socket

On April 7, Lam Dong General Hospital 2 said it had performed emergency surgery on a teenage boy who had a sharp knife about 30cm long stuck straight into his left eye socket.

The patient is NLH (15 years old, residing in Tan Lam commune, Di Linh district), admitted to the emergency room late at night on April 6.

The emergency surgery lasted about 30 minutes. The surgical team, doctors and nurses removed the knife from the patient's eye socket.

Currently, H. is continuing treatment at Lam Dong General Hospital 2.

According to a representative of Lam Dong 2 General Hospital, the knife tip was not too deep into the facial bone, so after emergency treatment, the patient's health has stabilized. The injured left eye is being monitored for treatment.

According to the patient's family, on the evening of April 6, H. was holding a kitchen knife and "performing" a dance in front of his house. While performing the dance moves, the knife's handle fell off and stuck straight into the teenager's eye socket.

The hospital also recommends that accidents like H's are similar to many other work accidents, requiring the advice of a medical facility to remove foreign objects during emergency treatment. Removing foreign objects yourself during an accident often leads to more serious conditions.

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