Indian babu will write a 500-word essay for UPSC on how to make India clean and why major policy reforms are required. But when he becomes the DM of a district, he won't even be able to fix a single pothole near his own residence. 😭😭😭
Just got me thinking - a younger Manisha Koirala, with her natural Nepali beauty and grace, would have been perfect as Maa Sita. ❤️
An AI-generated Ramayan movie may actually be worth exploring!
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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