New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- A 34-year-old construction worker is recovering at a private hospital after surviving what should have been an "unsurvivable accident": a steel rod that pierced through the back of his head and exited from his neck, missing critical blood vessels and brain structures by mere millimetres.

The team led by Dr Shashidhar TB, Head of the ENT Department, along with Dr Aseem Srivastava (CTVS), Dr Manan, and Anaesthetist Dr Jude, faced a medical challenge that required on-the-spot solutions.

According to the statement by the hospital, "The patient arrived at the emergency department with the steel rod - cut down from its original length to 2.5 feet by rescue workers - still lodged through his skull and neck. The complexity...