Teh One Who Knocks
06-03-2014, 11:29 AM
By Leon Watson - The Daily Mail
A woman has been dubbed 'the human kebab' after she survived being skewered by a steel rod through the entire length of her body.
Wu Xingxian, 42, was working at a construction site in Duchang county in south China's Jiangxi province when a wooden plank on which she was standing broke.
She fell 20ft on to a steel rod below that penetrated through her left thigh, went through her stomach and chest and exited at her neck.
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'I didn't know a steel road had gone into my body. I just felt there was something on my neck and I tried to touch it.
'When people told me a steel rod had gone right through me, I didn't dare move any more and I felt quite scared. I thought I was going to die.' Wu said.
She was rushed to the No. 1 People's Hospital in the city of Jiujiang.
According to the doctor, Yuan Xiangyang, the two metre-long steel rod had penetrated almost the whole length of Wu's body.
http://i.imgur.com/uHiqSPj.jpg
He said: 'It looked pretty bleak, the rod had caused severe internal damage and was also right next to her heart.'
By the time she reached the hospital, Wu had lapsed into a coma, which was a good thing according to the doctor.
'If there had been any movement, the patient's arteries would likely break and the patient would die instantly from massive blood loss.'
He led a team of surgeons in a five hour operation to remove the rod from her body. If she avoids infection, she should make a full recovery.
Dr Yuan added: 'This should by rights have been a fatal injury. I would not have expected her to live through it, but luckily she did. She is an extraordinary woman.'
A woman has been dubbed 'the human kebab' after she survived being skewered by a steel rod through the entire length of her body.
Wu Xingxian, 42, was working at a construction site in Duchang county in south China's Jiangxi province when a wooden plank on which she was standing broke.
She fell 20ft on to a steel rod below that penetrated through her left thigh, went through her stomach and chest and exited at her neck.
http://i.imgur.com/buJiwz7.png
'I didn't know a steel road had gone into my body. I just felt there was something on my neck and I tried to touch it.
'When people told me a steel rod had gone right through me, I didn't dare move any more and I felt quite scared. I thought I was going to die.' Wu said.
She was rushed to the No. 1 People's Hospital in the city of Jiujiang.
According to the doctor, Yuan Xiangyang, the two metre-long steel rod had penetrated almost the whole length of Wu's body.
http://i.imgur.com/uHiqSPj.jpg
He said: 'It looked pretty bleak, the rod had caused severe internal damage and was also right next to her heart.'
By the time she reached the hospital, Wu had lapsed into a coma, which was a good thing according to the doctor.
'If there had been any movement, the patient's arteries would likely break and the patient would die instantly from massive blood loss.'
He led a team of surgeons in a five hour operation to remove the rod from her body. If she avoids infection, she should make a full recovery.
Dr Yuan added: 'This should by rights have been a fatal injury. I would not have expected her to live through it, but luckily she did. She is an extraordinary woman.'