After a five-hour surgery, a team of neurosurgeons from the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, successfully removed an airgun bullet from the head of a 38-year old man, Shamsudheen, who was found in a critical state inside a lodge room in Kozhikode city on October 31.
It was around 2 a.m. that the man hailing from Perambra who was an accused in sending a death threat by email to Kerala Governor Arif Moahammed Khan eight months ago, was found with a deep bullet wound on his forehead.
Medical College sources said the man who reportedly injured in a self-killing attempt was put on ventilator after the critical surgery led by the head of Neurosurgery M.P. Rajeev. They also said it was one of the rarest cases in which the medical team could remove the bullet from a high risk spot.
