Driver impaled by 3ft bamboo pole when his bus crashes head-on with a truck

HOW DID HE SURVIVE THAT? Driver impaled by 3ft bamboo pole when his bus crashes head-on with a truck --- A BUS driver impaled by a three-foot BAMBOO POLE has made a miracle recovery. Lakshmi Kanta Bhunia, 50, had been in the driver's seat when his bus collided head-on with a truck carrying bamboo poles near Digha, in West Bengal, eastern India. The impact was so severe that the three-foot pole pierced through the left side Lakshmi's chest - and went straight out the other side. He was rushed to hospital, where a team of medics battled to save him after the horrific injury. In a complex surgery lasting for three hours, a team of 12 including surgeons, nurses and paramedics removed the pole - that had luckily missed his vital organs by millimetres. Incredibly, the entire surgery was performed while Lakshmi was under local anaesthetic - and he was awake the entire time, sitting on an adjustable chair as doctors carefully removed the pole. Dr Prokash Sanki, associate professor of the cardio thoracic unit at the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research hospital in Kolkata, said: "More than the surgery, the bigger challenge was conducting such procedure with a patient seated and under local anaesthesia - because he could not lie down on his back. Lakshmi is now undergoing post-surgery treatment and is recovering in the hospital's intensive care unit on a ventilator. | The Sun via IFTTT

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