Miracle Escape After Boy’s Skull Pierced With Scissors

A 12-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after a pair of scissors pierced his skull as he played with pals.

The boy was rushed to hospital with the scissors still stuck in his skull, reported media in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Gruesome X-rays and hospital images show how the blades were just millimetres away from piercing a major artery to the lad’s brain.

Photo shows a schoolboy with a pair of scissors impaled to his skull in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The pair of scissors were removed from the boy’s skull at Duc Giang General Hospital. (CEN)

The friends were reportedly heading home for the Tet Nguyen Dan (Festival of the first day) on Thursday, 18th January, when the incident happened.

Tet Nguyen Dan is one of the most important holidays in Vietnamese culture and celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese calendar.

Photos from the Duc Giang General Hospital in the city show the boy’s head wrapped in bandages with the scissors poking out from his skull.

Dr Tran Minh Tan from the hospital’s Orthopedic Trauma Department said the blades were nearly touching an artery.

Photo shows the x-ray image of a schoolboy with a pair of scissors impaled to his skull in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The pair of scissors were removed from the boy’s skull at Duc Giang General Hospital. (CEN)

Inches closer and they would have caused heavy, rapid bleeding, he added.

The boy – not named in local media – underwent a one-hour operation to remove the scissors.

Dr Tan said: “This is also a lesson for families and schools in managing their children when using sharp objects, including scissors.

“When giving first aid in the case of foreign bodies, particularly if they’re located in the skull, the foreign body should not be removed immediately because it can quickly cause uncontrolled bleeding.”

Photo shows a pair of scissors impaled to the skull of a schoolboy in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The pair of scissors were removed from the boy’s skull at Duc Giang General Hospital. (CEN)

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