They stabbed him and over a year later discovered the knife in his chest.

Incredible but real: a young Filipino lived for more than a year with a knife in his chest without knowing. It is Kent Ryan Tomao, 25 years old and the main protagonist of the story that began in January 2020 after being attacked by a group of gang members on a street in the town of Kidapawan, located in Cotabato province and more than 1,500 kilometers southeast of the capital Manila.

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The man was stabbed to death and after that he was rushed to a public hospital, where the doctors who treated him only stitched up his wound. However, you did not have an x-ray to determine if he had any other internal injuries as a result of the violent attack.

However, the clear attitude of Medical negligence was not exposed until the young man had to undergo a routine blood test. X-rays that was part of the exam worrying for a job. When taking the X-ray image, the specialists detected that the Knife’s blade it was still lodged in the body of the young man, who hadn’t realized it incredibly.

“I always wondered why I felt pain in my chest when it was cold, but I had no idea it was because I had a knife inside of me, ”said Tomao of the unusual discovery he was made aware of after applying for a job offer for working in a mine in the Philippine province of Agusan del Sur.

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“After the knife attack I suffered in the street, the doctor who treated me at the hospital only closed the wound and told me that it hadn’t been anything serious “, added the young man about the knife which for more than a year remained in his rib cage, very close to your lungs, without even suspecting it.

However, despite the incredible situation he is going through, Tomao revealed that he is still plan to return to the same health center to Kidapawan so that there is remove the pointed object. He further noted that does not plan to take legal action against the hospital or healthcare professionals who treated you.