Twelve-year-old Kalim Ali incredibly survived after falling while playing at a building site and landing on a metre-long iron pole that speared his entire body from the base of his spine to his shoulder, reports The Mail.
Kalim Ali damaged ten internal organs in the horrific accident including his small intestine, liver and a lung.
Doctors at a hospital in Mumbai removed the 95cm (37in) long rod in a three-hour operation that required 100 stitches.
The boy's condition is stable but serious as he recovers at the Intensive Care Unit of the Nair hospital.
The team said they were concerned about the complexity of the operation and hadn't expected Kalim to live.
According to his father Salim the accident took place while the boy was playing at a building site near his home in the town of Malegaon on Sunday evening.
The boy was admitted to hospital eight hours later. Dr. Hemanshi Shah, who led a team of six paediatric and cardiothoracic surgeons, said: 'It was frightening to cut the whole body of the boy.
'Adults have been involved in such accidents, but we had never performed a surgery of this kind on a child,' she added.
Dr. Shah believes the youngster needs four months to heal and says the first week will be critical.
'Usually in these cases, the patient dies due to infections and I feel the first seven to eight days are very important for the boy,' she said.
Results from X-rays, CT scans and an examination by cardiac surgeon Dr K N Nagle revealed that no major artery was damaged, according to Dr. Shah.
Kalim's father, Salim, is praying for his son's life outside the recovery room.
The factory worker said: 'I am not rich and I was asked to take him to a specialty hospital in Mumbai, but I consider myself lucky that he got proper treatment at this hospital.'
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