{"id":214369,"date":"2018-03-17T19:52:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T19:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/indian-builder-impaled-by-a-4ft-pole-in-his-scrotum\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T19:52:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T19:52:33","slug":"indian-builder-impaled-by-a-4ft-pole-in-his-scrotum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/indian-builder-impaled-by-a-4ft-pole-in-his-scrotum\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian builder impaled by a 4ft pole in his scrotum"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Salim Sheikh was working on the first floor of a new building when he slipped\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>A steel rod pierced him through the groin and went through his entire body<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Scans revealed it had pierced several organs &#8211; but narrowly missed his heart\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Surgeons removed the pole, which measured 130cm, in a 5-hour operation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Matthews For Mailonline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"follow-author\"><\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span><br \/>\n  07:21 EDT, 15 March 2018<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  08:27 EDT, 15 March 2018<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\">\n      <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"><br \/>\n        <a><\/a><br \/>\n      <\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n<p>                <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\">          65<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An Indian builder impaled by a 4ft pole through his scrotum &#8211; which emerged near his neck &#8211; has been saved by doctors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Salim Sheikh, 33, was working on the first floor of a new building when he slipped and fell on a pile of steel rods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One pierced him through the groin &#8211; and then went through the entire length of his body and emerged at his collar bone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Scans revealed the rod had pierced his small intestine, colon, liver, diaphragm and lungs &#8211; but incredibly he survived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Surgeons removed the pole, which measured 130cm and narrowly missed his heart, during a painstaking five-hour operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After just two days in intensive care he was discharged to the general ward, where he is expected to make a full recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cbbe39f5a6644b62\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"693\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Salim Sheikh, 33, was working on the first floor of a new building when he slipped and fell on a pile of steel rods\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cbbe39f5a6644b62\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/03\/15\/11\/4A36453400000578-0-image-m-75_1521112013417.jpg\" height=\"693\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Salim Sheikh, 33, was working on the first floor of a new building when he slipped and fell on a pile of steel rods\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Salim Sheikh, 33, was working on the first floor of a new building when he slipped and fell on a pile of steel rods<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-33638c42062427d7\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"985\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Surgeons were forced to carry out immediate surgery after his vitals plummeted, which they believed was because of his internal bleeding\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-33638c42062427d7\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/03\/15\/11\/4A36C12500000578-0-image-a-76_1521112324928.jpg\" height=\"985\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Surgeons were forced to carry out immediate surgery after his vitals plummeted, which they believed was because of his internal bleeding\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Surgeons were forced to carry out immediate surgery after his vitals plummeted, which they believed was because of his internal bleeding<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3a108b2e91c12fb9\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"342\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Local reports state he is now on the general ward and the hospital have said his condition is 'satisfactory'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3a108b2e91c12fb9\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/03\/15\/11\/4A36B9DD00000578-0-image-a-77_1521112329725.jpg\" height=\"342\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Local reports state he is now on the general ward and the hospital have said his condition is 'satisfactory'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Local reports state he is now on the general ward and the hospital have said his condition is &#8216;satisfactory&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Dr Ajay Bhandarwar, who was part of the team who operated on Mr Sheikh, said: &#8216;The patient was able to survive the accident as it narrowly missed the major vessels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We gained access to the abdomen but in order to ensure safe retrieval of the rod and to avoid concomitant injuries to the surrounding vital organs during retrieval, the procedure was converted to an open laparotomy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;They managed to control bleeding from the liver and the mesentery after which they repaired the damage to abdominal vital organs.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>  <span>Incredible pictures reveal the transformation of an&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <span>Daily agony of man with skin as weak as a butterfly:&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <span>Former model, 27, has been unable to urinate for more than 2&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <span>Hacker alert for hospitals as report warns vital devices&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The patient was fortunate enough to have avoided injury to important structures in abdomen like urinary bladder, kidney and inferior vena cava, and the superior vena cava in the chest.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Sheikh  reportedly\u00a0fell around 9ft (2.7m) from the first floor at a site in Nashik in the west Indian state of Maharashtra last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fellow construction workers heard his cries and cut the rod at its base using a steel cutter and rushed him to the nearby Niphad public health centre.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3d9aa41211903bad\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"657\" width=\"634\" alt=\"One pierced him through the groin - and then went through the entire length of his body and emerged at his collar bone\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3d9aa41211903bad\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/03\/15\/11\/4A363D3B00000578-0-image-a-71_1521111988058.jpg\" height=\"657\" width=\"634\" alt=\"One pierced him through the groin - and then went through the entire length of his body and emerged at his collar bone\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">One pierced him through the groin &#8211; and then went through the entire length of his body and emerged at his collar bone<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7c49882b91ac4cd5\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Scans revealed the rod had pierced his small intestine, colon, liver, diaphragm and lung - but incredibly he survived\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7c49882b91ac4cd5\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/03\/15\/11\/4A36407D00000578-0-image-a-74_1521112010503.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Scans revealed the rod had pierced his small intestine, colon, liver, diaphragm and lung - but incredibly he survived\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Scans revealed the rod had pierced his small intestine, colon, liver, diaphragm and lung &#8211; but incredibly he survived<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After giving him preliminary treatment, they referred Mr Sheikh to the city&#8217;s civil hospital where he was resuscitated and stabilised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The hospital then sent him to Mumbai&#8217;s Government-run JJ Hospital for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He travelled the 102 miles (165km) by road with the rod still inside his body, arriving at 2am the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Even the most experienced members of the emergency team were taken aback by the nature of his injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Surgeons were forced to carry out immediate surgery after his vitals plummeted, which they believed was because of his internal bleeding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Local reports state he is now on the general ward and the hospital have said his condition is &#8216;satisfactory&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b383e77e9a959be9\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Surgeons removed the pole, which measured 130cm and narrowly missed his heart, during a painstaking five-hour operation\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b383e77e9a959be9\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/03\/15\/11\/4A363CE200000578-0-image-a-73_1521112009038.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Surgeons removed the pole, which measured 130cm and narrowly missed his heart, during a painstaking five-hour operation\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Surgeons removed the pole, which measured 130cm and narrowly missed his heart, during a painstaking five-hour operation<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6d769d8f8daac883\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\" alt=\"After just two days in intensive care he was discharged to the general ward, where he is expected to make a full recovery\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6d769d8f8daac883\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/newpix\/2018\/03\/15\/11\/4A363D0000000578-0-image-a-72_1521112006281.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\" alt=\"After just two days in intensive care he was discharged to the general ward, where he 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