Knife removed from woman’s chest

Coimbatore: When a 40-year-old woman, who is a daily wage labourer in Krishnagiri, was stabbed by someone she knew on the right side of her chest on May 25, the woman did not know if she would survive the next day. Bearing the excruciating pain and too scared to pull the knife out, she stayed in her home the whole night. Since the knife had pierced and damaged a portion of her lungs, she had breathing difficulty.
On the next day morning, she was rushed to the Salem Government Hospital.
From there, the woman was shifted to CMCH at 2pm on May 26. “When we examined the wound and did an X-ray, we realized the knife had fortunately not touched any of her vital organs including her heart. We have two sides for every lung, it had struck only a small portion of one side of the lung. The knife was left untouched in her body and there was no internal bleeding either,” cardiothoracic surgeon Dr E Sreenivasan said. In a three-hour surgery, the doctors removed the knife and repaired the damaged portion of her lungs.
The woman was discharged after a nearly 20-day stay in the hospital. “She can now live a normal life. There will be no restrictions or side effects due to the incident. Her breathing is also normal,” he said. tnn