Urdu - Chinese woman survives after bar sticks 8cm into skull

Pierced: X-rays revealed the bar was buried 8cm into Ms Cheng's head, stopping just short of the brain stem   A construction worker survived horrific injuries after an accident left a metal bar buried deep inside her skull.   Cheng Fenghua, 48, from Anqing in eastern China's Anhui Province, had emergency surgery after the bar penetrated 8cm into head, narrowly missing her brain stem. Ms Cheng was at work on a building site when a 4m long metal bar was dropped from the roof of a three-story building. An eyewitness said he saw a long black thing dropped from high up then heard a piercing a scream.   'When I looked closely I was shocked as a long steel bar was buried in Cheng's head,' he said.   Colleagues called for an ambulance and used their tools to cut the bar down to 20cm so Ms Cheng could be taken to hospital. Close shave: Surgeons were able to remove the bar and Ms Cheng is now in a serious but not life threatening condition   X-rays revealed the bar was buried 8cm into Ms Cheng's brain, stopping just short of the brain stem.   Surgeons were able to remove the bar and Ms Cheng is now in a serious but not life threatening condition.   Doctor Yang Youzhong said Ms Cheng's recovery was amazing.   'If it had gone a tiny bit deeper the patient would have died instantly,' he said. __._,_.___ . __,_._,___