{"id":5175,"date":"2025-08-18T14:39:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/3-year-old-girl-calmly-walks-into-china-hospital-with-fruit-knife-lodged-in-her-head\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:39:49","slug":"3-year-old-girl-calmly-walks-into-china-hospital-with-fruit-knife-lodged-in-her-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/3-year-old-girl-calmly-walks-into-china-hospital-with-fruit-knife-lodged-in-her-head\/","title":{"rendered":"3-year-old girl calmly walks into China hospital with fruit knife lodged in her head"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Girl arrives at hospital with fruit knife lodged in her head<\/h2>\n<p>Patients and staff were left shocked when a three-year-old girl calmly walked into a hospital in Yunnan, China with a fruit knife embedded in her head on Friday (15 Aug).<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the girl was brought in by her mother, but what stunned many was her composure &mdash; she was not crying or panicking and even managed to walk on her own.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_645034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><noscript><\/noscript>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-645034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Douyin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Footage of the incident quickly went viral online, with netizens calling her &ldquo;braver than most adults&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<h3>Mother accidentally stabbed girl<\/h3>\n<p>She was immediately taken into emergency surgery, where doctors performed a craniotomy that night to remove the knife.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital staff later confirmed that her condition was stable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>They also told reporters that the girl&rsquo;s injury had been caused by her mother.<\/p>\n<p>The woman said she kept a knife under her pillow to ward off evil spirits.<\/p>\n<p>When her daughter misbehaved on the bed, she picked it up to scare her &mdash; but the blade accidentally pierced the child&rsquo;s head.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The mother said the knife went in suddenly and couldn&rsquo;t be pulled out,&rdquo; staff explained. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why she brought the child straight to the hospital without even calling the emergency hotline.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As the case was deemed an accident, hospital staff added that there was no basis for a police report.<\/p>\n<h3>Knife left in place avoided further harm<\/h3>\n<p>Some netizens questioned why the mother hadn&rsquo;t carried her daughter into the hospital or removed the knife beforehand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Doctors stressed that not pulling the knife out was crucial, as removing it outside of surgery could have caused massive bleeding or secondary injury.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_645035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-645035\" class=\"size-full wp-image-645035 lazyload\" alt=\"girl knife head (2)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1128\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2-574x600.jpg 574w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2-980x1024.jpg 980w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2-144x150.jpg 144w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2.jpg\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-645035\" class=\"size-full wp-image-645035\" src=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2.jpg\" alt=\"girl knife head (2)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2-574x600.jpg 574w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2-980x1024.jpg 980w, https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/girl-knife-head-2-144x150.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"><\/noscript>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-645035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Cover News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Medical staff noted the blade had penetrated several centimetres into the child&rsquo;s skull but had likely lodged in bone rather than damaging sensitive areas of the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Because a young child&rsquo;s skull is softer, the knife could embed more easily.<\/p>\n<p>A senior doctor added that the girl&rsquo;s unusually calm demeanour might have been due to trauma-related pain suppression.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the knife had been forcibly removed on the spot, she would have been in serious danger,&rdquo; the doctor said. &ldquo;Seeking professional treatment immediately was the right decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: Man in Tanzania had knife in chest for 8 years, complained of sore nipples<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Rg4jw8nKPO\" readability=\"0\">\n<p>Man in Tanzania had knife in chest for 8 years, complained of sore nipples<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Have news you must share? Get in touch with us via email at&nbsp;news@mustsharenews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image adapted from Cover News.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><sub>3-year-old girl calmly walks into China hospital with fruit knife lodged in her head<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Girl arrives at hospital with fruit knife lodged in her head Patients and staff were left shocked when a three-year-old girl calmly walked into a hospital in Yunnan, China with a fruit knife embedded in her head on Friday (15 Aug). 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