Drunk diner falls onto table and impales his head on a 15-inch metal rod but miraculously survives after 10-hour surgery

A diner who had too much to drink fell on a dinner table and impaled his head on a more than 15-inch-long metal rod that pierced through his mouth at a restaurant in China.The diner was eating with his co-workers when he stood up and slipped, falling onto a table, on which there was a long metal rod, South China Morning News reported.The intoxicated man, named only as Aqiang, was impaled on the rod, which went through his mouth and deep into his skull, according to the report.Chilling X-rays show how close the rod came, just 2mm away from damaging critical areas of his brain.His colleagues were left horrified as blood poured out of his mouth, and they quickly called an ambulance, the outlet reported.Firefighters had to cut off the outside part of the rod before surgery could begin, according to the publication.Aqiang was rushed to Shenzhen University General Hospital in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong for treatment, where doctors shared details of his case on social media on April 11.His life was saved after 10 hours of emergency surgery, which could have gone wrong at any moment due to the amount of bacteria on the metal rod, the outlet reported.“This foreign object carried a lot of bacteria.

The path it penetrated the patient involves his mouth, eyes and brain.Any small, careless operation might lead to a fatal problem,” doctors from the hospital’s Trauma Center told local news site sznews.com.The rod had a clip at the end, which made it particularly difficult to remove without damaging Aqiang’s brain, eyes, or mouth.After the operation, Aqiang remained in the intensive care unit for several days to fight against infection, and stayed in the hospital for a month.He suffered impaired vision in his right eye, but otherwise, his verbal and motor skills have miraculously been undamaged, doctors said.“I still feel scared when thinking about the incident.

I was saved by doctors.It is a blessing in a bad situation,” Aqiang was quoted as sayin...