NIZHNY NOVGOROD, February 14 Chuvash doctors saved the life and sight of a patient who, during an attack of delirium tremens, pierced his own eye with a spoon, according to the website of the regional hospital Alatyrsky district of the republic.
«»After prolonged drinking, the patient was admitted to the hospital with an exacerbation of pancreatitis. After several days of treatment in the surgical department, he suddenly developed delirium tremens (delirium tremens). The patient first suddenly attacked his roommate, and then grabbed a spoon and drove it into his eye. After that, he fell and lost consciousness,” the report says.
Doctors were able to save not only the man’s life, but also preserve his sight. A neurosurgeon was urgently called from the Republican Clinical Hospital. At this time, the patient underwent the necessary examinations, including x-rays and computed tomography.
«Thanks to the coordinated actions of specialists from two hospitals, the man is now alive, but such a serious injury still did not pass without consequences: the patient is partially paralyzed. And now he faces a rehabilitation process,» the message notes.