Chin Up! Raj Man Gored By Raging Bull Gets A New Face In 11 Months

At the hospital, besides packing the face to stop the bleeding, the doctors pleaded helplessness to do anything more. Deepak Aggarwal, managing director of Bikaji Group, the FMCG company in which Bishnoi is employed, made arrangements to airlift his friend to Max Hospital in Saket.

- DurgeshNandan Jha

New Delhi: Eleven months ago, Karnee Bishnoi didn’t have a face. A raging bull ripped apart the right side of his face with its horn and the man from Bikaner only remembers waking up four days later in a Delhi hospital. No one gave Bishnoi any chance at survival.

Today, the 38-year-old is not only alive but his face has also been restored to near normal with the world’s latest reconstruction techniques. On September 3, 2020, Bishnoi was driving home with a friend when they slowed down the car to let two bulls across the road. “But suddenly, one of the bulls turned back and charged at me, hooking its left horn in my face,” the man said. His friend, who wasn’t seriously hurt, mustered the courage to call relatives, who took him to a local hospital.

By the time Bishnoi landed in Delhi, a team of doctors led by plastic surgeon Dr Sunil Choudhary and neurosurgeon Dr. Bipin Walia were ready with aplan. A high-resolution, 3D CT scan was done in the emergency section before he was wheeled into the operation theatre.