Leon
18-11-2003, 17:09
KUALA LUMPUR, (AFP) - A Malaysian man who sought treatment for swelling in his eye had a shock when doctors found a six centimetre length of chopstick embedded just beneath his brain, reports said.
The chopstick, which ran from under his right eye through his nose and to the back of his left eye, was believed to have been lodged five years ago during an attack by strangers, The Star quoted doctors at the Ipoh hospital as saying.
Ng Keng Choon, 30, a parking attendant, was lucky to be alive as the chopstick missed his brain by a mere 0.5 centimetres (0.2 inches), said the doctors, who successfully removed the broken-off piece of wood in an hour-long operation.
The New Straits Times quoted Ng, who is mentally disabled, as saying that he was beaten up by several men five years ago. They covered his head with a sack as they rained blows on him but he did not realise he had been stabbed in the head with a chopstick.
He said he did not feel any discomfort or pain over the years but sought treatment last month after his right eye was inflammed and he could not move his eyeballs.
The chopstick, which ran from under his right eye through his nose and to the back of his left eye, was believed to have been lodged five years ago during an attack by strangers, The Star quoted doctors at the Ipoh hospital as saying.
Ng Keng Choon, 30, a parking attendant, was lucky to be alive as the chopstick missed his brain by a mere 0.5 centimetres (0.2 inches), said the doctors, who successfully removed the broken-off piece of wood in an hour-long operation.
The New Straits Times quoted Ng, who is mentally disabled, as saying that he was beaten up by several men five years ago. They covered his head with a sack as they rained blows on him but he did not realise he had been stabbed in the head with a chopstick.
He said he did not feel any discomfort or pain over the years but sought treatment last month after his right eye was inflammed and he could not move his eyeballs.