SAS Nagar, November 21 – The doctors of the ENT Department at Fortis Hospital, Mohali, have saved the life of a crime branch constable, who was injured by a close range bullet during a recent shootout with miscreants in Kaithal was gone.

Constable Tarsem Kumar, posted in Crime Branch, Kaithal, was brought to Fortis Hospital Mohali due to profuse bleeding from the oral cavity, a hospital spokesperson said. The bullet had passed through his mouth and lodged in the base of his skull. The impact of the bullet was so severe that the tongue was split in two, after which the patient suffered a weak pulse, difficulty breathing and severe swelling of the face and tongue, as well as profuse bleeding from the wound was.

The spokesperson said that the director of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery of Fortis Hospital Mohali Dr. Ashok Gupta was the first to detect the trajectory of the bullet and carefully planned the surgery to prevent further blood loss. Dr. A team of doctors (Associate Consultant Dr. Anuragini Gupta and Dr. Neha Sharma of ENT Department) under the leadership of Ashok Gupta performed the surgery on the patient and during this three-hour surgery, the bullet lodged in the patient's skull was removed. The patient subsequently recovered rapidly and was able to walk 48 hours after surgery. He was discharged from the hospital on the third day of surgery.