Man Stabbed In Eye n Brain gets Sight Restored

A twenty-three year-old South African man Tshepiso Mothibi, who got stabbed in the eye during a tavern brawl had his sight restored after Doctors in North West, successfully removed the knife from his brain.

Tshepiso Mothibi, who was enjoying drinks at a tavern in Magogoe near Mahikeng on March 20 when a fight broke out, was stabbed in the left eye. With the sharp self-made shank knife still embedded in his brain‚ the South African man was airlifted from the Mahikeng provincial hospital to the Tshepong Hospital where an operation to remove the knife was successfully carried out by Dr Tharun Krishna‚ head of the hospital’s neurosurgery unit‚ assisted by his team.

CEO of the Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital Complex, Polaki Mokatsane‚ who spoke to newsmen shortly after the successful operation, said it was a “very complex operation” as a CT scan showed that “the whole sharp side of the knife was impacted and buried in the brain with only the handle side of the knife sticking outside”.

“The surgery took five hours to complete successfully and the patient responded well‚” Mokatsane said adding that Mothibi was being kept in hospital for further observation.

Dr Krishna‚ who was assisted Dr. Masedi Mohale; Neurosurgery Registrar‚ Dr. Ben Hameda and Dr. Hilda Mazvhikwa‚ both anaesthetists‚ and Sister Nontsikelelo Mpana‚ the theatre nurse‚ described the operation as challenging.

Krishna added that Mothibi‚ who will be discharged on Thursday‚ had retained his vision in the left eye. “Post-operatively‚ the patient is doing very well‚ with vision of both eyes preserved. This patient was very lucky.”