Piece Of Man's Skull Falls Off In India

Hundreds of people are thronging a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata to see a patient holding a piece of his own skull that fell off.

Doctors confirmed a large, dead section of 25-year-old Sambhu Roy's skull fell off after severe burns starved it of blood.

"When he came to us late last year, his scalp was completely burned and within months it came off exposing the skull", the surgeon who treated Roy said in an interview.

"Later, we noticed that the part of his skull was loosening due to lack of blood supply to the affected area, which can happen in such extensive burn cases". He said the skull's inner covering and the membrane which helps produce bone was miraculously unaffected, allowing fresh bone to grow.

"When the skull came off, I thought he will die, but we noticed a new covering on his head forming and that might have pushed the 'dead skull' out", he added. While possible, such cases are extremely rare.

Roy was injured and almost killed when he was electrocuted while repairing a high voltage wire last year. "Doctors say a new skull covering has replaced the old one, but I am not letting go of this one", Roy said.

He intends to keep his prized possession for life and not hand it over to the hospital when he leaves: "My skull has made me famous", he says.

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