This was the moment Indian surgeons performed a high-risk surgery to remove a large metal fragment from the beating heart of a male patient.

The 32-year-old patient Satish Kumar worked as a high-speed drilling machine operator at a factory near New Delhi, India.

On August 25, a four centimetre-long metallic fragment broke from the machine and pierced into his left chest and punctured the heart. It lodged itself in his left ventricle and damaged his lungs.

It missed his main coronary artery by just a few millimetres – meaning he survived.

After the accident, Satish was subsequently brought to Fortis Hospital in Noida.

The patient had lost time and blood in transit and was fighting huge odds.

The sharp-edged object had pierced his heart like a bullet and as many as five hospitals turned him saying he had no chance of survival.

But a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons led by Dr Vaibhav Mishra performed an emergency surgery, removed the metallic fragment from the heart and repaired the ventricle.

Dr Mishra said: “High-speed penetrating injuries of the heart are universally fatal and this was similar to being shot in the heart by a gun.”

“Fortunately, the metallic fragment also plugged the hole it had created. That stopped the heart from a fatal haemorrhage and we were able to extract the metallic piece buried deep inside the heart,” he added.

Four days after his surgery, Satish was able to walk and return to his normal life.

This was the moment Indian surgeons performed a high-risk surgery to remove a large metal fragment from the beating heart of a male patient.

The sharp-edged object had pierced his heart liked a bullet and as many as five hospitals turned him saying he had no chance of survival.

The 32-year-old patient Satish Kumar worked as a high-speed drilling machine operator at a factory near New Delhi, India.

On August 25, a 4 cm-long metallic fragment broke from the machine and pierced into his left chest and punctured the heart. It lodged itself in his left ventricle and damaged his lungs.

It missed his main coronary artery by just few millimetres, because of which he survived.

After the accident, Satish was subsequently brought to Fortis Hospital in Noida.

The patient had lost time and blood in transit and was fighting huge odds.

But a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons led by Dr Vaibhav Mishra performed an emergency surgery, removed the metallic fragment from the heart and repaired the ventricle.

Dr Mishra said: “High-speed penetrating injuries of heart are universally fatal and this was similar to being shot in heart by a gun.”

“Fortunately, the metallic fragment also plugged the hole it had created. That stopped the heart from a fatal haemorrhage and we were able to extract the metallic piece buried deep inside the heart,” he added.

Four days of his surgery Satish was able to walk and return to his normal life.