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New Delhi: A miracle of sorts unfolded at the AIIMS Trauma Centre on Friday. Eighteen-month-old Kumkum was brought to the hospital with a crochet needle protruding out of her right eye. Today, the child is well on her road to full recovery and has suffered no vision loss.

Kumkum was playing with a crochet needle at home when she accidentally fell on the bed from a pile of quilts kept on it. The needle penetrated her right eye. She was first rushed to a nearby hospital from where she was taken to the trauma centre.

She was restless and had difficulty in breathing when she was brought in. We first had to sedate her in order to begin treatment as she was in pain. We then cleared her airway and stabilised her for anaesthesia,” said Dr Kapil Dev Soni, anaesthetist, AIIMS Trauma Centre.

For the neurosurgeons at the trauma centre, it was a rare and challenging case. The needle had to be brought out without further damaging the eye.

From The times of India, 17 Dec 2008.. read full article here.

• AIIMS
• eye
• surgery