An Indonesian teen suffered serious injuries after he was stabbed in the neck by a needlefish on Saturday, Jan. 18.
Fishing with parents
According to Antara News, Muhammad Idul, a teenage student, was fishing with his parents in the island of Sulawesi when some needlefishes started jumping out of the water and were apparently attacking the family.
One needlefish then stabbed its pointed jaw through Idul's neck.
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After they ran away from the needlefishes, Idul's parents rushed him to the hospital.
On Monday, Jan. 20, he underwent an operation at the Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital in South Sulawesi.
In a stable condition
Antara News reported that a total of five doctors, three of whom were surgeons and two were anaesthetists, performed the operation on his neck.
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After removal, they stitched up both ends of his neck.
The operation was successful and Idul is now in stable condition.
However, one of the anaesthetists, Syafri K Arif, said that they will wait for another three to four days to ensure that there isn't any infection on the wounds.
If there are no signs of an infection, they will eventually remove the stitches on his neck and he will recover as per normal.
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