As a neurosurgeon, let me tell you how frightening this injury actually is - an occipital compound depressed skull fracture treated with a WIDE craniotomy (outer staple line).
What's scary isn't the fracture; it's what's adjacent to the damaged skull. The axe blows (that tree-branch scar at the center) hit right over the posterior superior sagittal sinus, a large vein that runs lengthwise between the 2 cerebral hemispheres and carries blood from the brain to the heart.
Penetrating injuries to the sinus can carry upwards of a 40% morbidity/mortality - partially because a transection of the sinus can be difficult to repair and can result in extreme blood loss, venous air embolism, or thrombosis - all of which can be fatal.
There's scary, and then there's the "you go to elevate the fracture and risk unroofing the sinus, losing 2 liters of blood in a minute" scary.
The surgeons likely had their hands full and did an amazing job. Divine providence called many heroes into service that day. Damn fine work.
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The tragedy is, such people still hold Indian passports. Rigged 1987 elections, allowed the horrific exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, yet not a trace of remorse to this day. He should be sent across the border to live in the country whose interests he has served better than India's.
Farooq Abdullah thanks Pakistan, but has he answered the questions Kashmiris are raising at home? In a viral video, an elderly Kashmiri alleges he was denied development work for not voting for NC, while another Muslim boldly defends his right to vote for PM Modi without being branded a disbeliever. @OmarAbdullah, @JKNC_ since when did development become a political favour instead of a citizen’s right? Kashmiris owe their votes to no party, and no party owns their rights!