Saudi Surgeon Saves Life of 70-year-old Man Who Fell on an Iron Rod

Riyadh
General Surgery Department Team at Prince Mohammed bin Nasser Hospital in Jazan (Southern Saudi Arabia) saved a construction worker from internal bleeding and fractures in some vital organs. Saudi Health stated that the patient arrived via the air ambulance on 2nd October after falling on an iron rod.
After examinations, he appeared to have 5 broken rips, bleeding inside the left lung, rupture in the stomach and spleen, and abdominal and chest bleeding.
Immediately, he was taken to the operating room for abdominal exploration, in which surgeons eradicated the spleen and the ruptured part of the stomach. The surgery ended successfully, and the patient left the hospital fully recovered.