Eleven-Day-Old Baby Battling Pneumonia In Hospital Stabbed In Head With 12inch Blade By Another Patient

• Doctors raced to the child's aid after it was attacked

A baby less than two weeks old who is battling pneumonia has been stabbed in the head with a 12inch knife by another hospital patient.

The 11-day-old tot is fighting for his life after the shocking attack that left the blade stuck 11cm into his brain as he slept in a hospital ward with his mother close-by.

Frantic doctors in Vietnam performed a life-saving operation to remove the massive knife from his head.

The horrific attack on the child, who has not yet been named, just missed his eye.

Mum, Vo Thi Hong Duyen, 32, described the moment she allegedly saw 51-year-old Nguyen Thi Van, who was sharing a room with the pair, attack her baby.

She claims she was woken at 3.40am by a noise in the room and saw a shadowy figure approach her bed, where she lay with her son.

• Medics were monitoring the baby as it battled pneumonia

Mum Duyen said she saw Thi Van stab her baby with a 30cm knife in the head before she was grabbed by hospital staff.
 
The baby was moved from the Vinh Long hospital to Ho Chi Minh City Children's Hospital No1 where doctors performed a three-hour operation to save his life.
Source: Daily Record UK