As recently shared by Mazi Kelechi via facebook

FMC Owerri emergency response of Surgeons on
call saved a life at around 10:30pm yesterday.
This is a 35yr-old Bricklayer who accidentally fell
from a Storey building while at work and landed
with the left lateral anterior Neck, on a hammer
standing on the ground with the handle facing
upwards. This pierced via the anterior and exited on
the posterior. However, as God may have it, he was
*not in any respiratory distress* and *vitals were
relatively stable on presentation".
Being the *Senior Registrar on call in Ear, Nose and
Throat and Head and Neck Surgeon*, I called out
my 2 ENT Consultants, quickly raised the alarm and
invited the Vascular Surgeons, Burns and plastic,
Traumatologist / Spine Surgeons, Anaesthetist, &
Theatre Peri-op Nurses informed to get set..!!
Necessary urgent investigations were done, thanks
to our Med. Laboratory Scientists friends, who acted
promptly as the urgency demanded, gave us 4 units
of screened / cross matched blood and provided
the results needed as fast as possible.
... Within a short while, all the invited Surgeons
stormed the Casualty. We quickly wheeled the
patient to the theatre and Neck Exploration with
foreign body removal was done.
...Miraculous intra-op findings: The hammer neatly
passed *medial* to the Carotid vessel and IJV and
*lateral* to the Oesophagus, Trachea and the
Vertebral column.
... Patient was later transferred to the ICU by the
Anaesthetist for observation.
... Early this morning when checked, Patient is
doing very well, vitals are still stable.
To God be the glory
*Dr. Ibekwe Nnaemeka*

More lalasticlala seun

FTC thing's e no easy upon say na Glo network oo. Which kind life be this hmmmm that hammer big like Triple H own ....

Wow great Job guys, really impress ,Doctors are next to God than Pastors

Great feat from an institution starved of budgetary support and commensurate financial remuneration.

Just when you think the carotid artery or one of its branches would be lacerated by such brute force, Baba God stealthily meanders the penetrating object to safety. Leaving us wondering, what if....


Obrigado!!

Jeez, and he's not dead, that's a good one.

Akwa Abasi Ibom.
I can imagine the kind of force needed to pierce him because that edge of wood was blunt.More amazing was that it missed major blood vessels.
So traumatic.

How did this happen?

lucky to be alive

Nawa for ds kind hot story, how did it happen self?

matify83:
Great feat from an institution starved of budgetary support and commensurate financial remuneration.

Just when you think the carotid artery or one of its branches would be lacerated by such brute force, Baba God stealthily meanders the penetrating object to safety. Leaving us wondering, what if....


Obrigado!!

Lol. Why didn't baba godo carefully guide the penetrating object around the neck.
This god you described here sounds like a very weak HUMAN BEING.

Village people not happy with doctors

Nice safe by the doctors. I just love how the doctors crowded that space which calls for seriousness.

mamajj17:
Wow great Job guys, really impress ,Doctors are next to God than Pastors

I'm not a believer but I love this statement but it needs correcting doctors are GOD if there's anything as such.

Evangkatsoulis:

Lol. Why didn't baba godo carefully guide the penetrating object around the neck.
This god you described here sounds like a very weak HUMAN BEING.

Then there would be no news to report and no sight to marvel at.

Bravo doctors.....

So that means someone can actually be stabbed with a brick..

If you know you know...

we all know this can. not be done without thoughts and prayers.

Oh my! Speechless.

the human body is truly complex... ordinary slap can kill some people, while some can survive bullet in the head.

Thank God for life

What Da Hell...

let celebrate our surgeons fmc owerri lalasticlala seun

Miraculous God

This is commendable.


Meanwhile, most teaching hospitals in Nigeria are death trap.

Wow. That's a perforating injury @ zone 2 of the neck. The carotid, jugular vein, trachea, esophagus, nerve roots, cervical vert. and the almighty cord. Mehn, this is a near-death case. Good job!

All na lie ....

D 1st pics show d hammer or whatever longer Dan d second pic

ND wen old papa suddenly turn to youngie in the 4th pic ,,, look at the 1 sleeping ND d 1 wit the pierced hammer sitting

Liar liar blogger

Amstupid:
All na lie ....

D 1st pics show d hammer or whatever longer Dan d second pic

ND wen old papa suddenly turn to youngie in the 4th pic ,,, look at the 1 sleeping ND d 1 wit the pierced hammer sitting

Liar liar blogger

"i too know" dey worry you. Wgy

Amstupid:
All na lie ....

D 1st pics show d hammer or whatever longer Dan d second pic

ND wen old papa suddenly turn to youngie in the 4th pic ,,, look at the 1 sleeping ND d 1 wit the pierced hammer sitting

Liar liar blogger

"i too know" dey worry you. Why not go to FMC owerri to confirm?

thorpido:
Akwa Abasi Ibom.
I can imagine the kind of force needed to pierce him because that edge of wood was blunt.More amazing was that it missed major blood vessels.
So traumatic.

You would be surprised it's the hammer that saved his life. If the hammer hadn't cushioned the fall his head would have been smashed by his body weight. God is wonderful.