KIDAPAWAN CITY—A 25-year-old man from this city is seeking help to remove a knife which is still stuck in his chest more than a year after he was stabbed and almost died.
Kent Ryan Tomao discovered the four-inch metal still stuck in his chest after getting an X-ray that he needed to apply for a job in a mining company in Agusan del Sur.
Tomao said he was shocked when told by the doctor about “an object resembling a knife” that is just a few inches from his lungs.
Tomao told a local radio station that back when he was treated for a stab wound more than a year ago, he did not know if an X-ray procedure was performed on him, which could…
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