A cyclist with a knife lodged deep into his head walked into a hospital
and asked "do you have a doctor free?Shaun, 34, was stabbed through the
head with a knife during an attempted robbery. He rode to the hospital
on his bicycle immediately after the attack with the knife stuck to him.
Receptionists were shocked to see a blood-soaked man in front of them
in a room full of patients.He had been cycling to work in Strand near
Cape Town, South Africa, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom
stabbed him in the head as they tried to grab his bike. But Shaun fought
back and managed to beat them both off. He then got back on his bike
and cycled to the nearest hospital with the knife sticking out of the
side of his skull.The local GP Dr Brendan Venter, 48, said:One of our
female doctors was on duty and she was called to a patient with a knife
wound.To say it was dramatic to see him with a knife sticking out of the
side of his head was an understatement but he was very calm and lucid
although bleeding a lot.He asked very politely if we had a doctor free
to see him.The doctor decided that rather than wait for an ambulance she
would drive him to hospital in her car herself and he asked if it was
OK to leave his bike with us.The patient was very lucky in that although
the knife was plunged into his skull it bent on impact with the bone
and the blade went down his face outside the skull.He was very very
lucky that the blade hit him in the wrong spot to kill him.He fought for
his bike back and rode to us as he knew where we were and we are his GP
and when he got here he just walked in and calmly asked for help.This
is not something that happens every day and it seems it is a violent
gang who have struck viciously a few times in the last few weeks and
they will be caught.It was not even an expensive bike and is one he
cycles on to and from work each day. Why they used the level of violence
they did is just beyond me.
Shaun was
transferred into the Tygerberg Hospital nearby on Monday afternoon and
underwent emergency surgery and a spokesman confirmed he was
"stable".The South African Police Service confirmed they are
investigating the attack.
