11 year old Boy survives after being shot with an arrow on the head

An 11-year-old boy miraculously survived after a sharp arrow pierced his skull during archery training in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.

Ritvik Ankush Tarte has almost died after he was shot by a flying arrow during his weekly archery practice.Shocked teachers rushed him to a local hospital, where neurosurgeons spent three hours removing the arrow which had sunk into the boy’s head.

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Dr Jeevan Rajput, who performed the risky operation, said: “The arrow pierced the skull on the right side and exited on the left side through the parenchyma, which is the frontal lobe and in very close proximity to all-important structuresWe removed the arrow and debris successfully from the brain tissue with an endoscope. Since his post-operative recovery showed good signs, there is hope that he would not have any neurological deficiency or memory or personality problems.”The boy is now expected to make a full recovery and is already planning to return to his archery club.