Doctors from JJ hospital, Mumbai performed a complex life-saving surgery on a 33-year old daily wage labourer who was struck by a rod that pierced his body damaging his groin, intestines, abdomen, and chest.

A four feet long iron rod which pierced the groin of a 33-year-old man and exited near the neck, was removed after a five-hour surgery at the state government's J J Hospital on 14 March. Doctors performed the complex surgery to save the life of the man, a labourer from Nashik, who was impaled by the rod that pierced his torso while working at a construction site.

While working at a construction site on March 8, the man slipped and fell on the iron rod that was jutting out of concrete pillars. His co-workers cut the iron rod to detach him from the pillar. The rod had entered his body through the groin, perforating his intestines, liver, abdomen, and chest before coming out of the back. The patient's family hired a private ambulance for the 200-km journey to Mumbai. Dr Ajay Bhandarwar, who was part of the team which removed the rod, said open and laparoscopic techniques were used in the surgery.