A VIETNAMESE man waited two days to go to hospital after getting a three inch nail lodged in his head – and can’t even remember how it got there

Astonishing snaps of the man were shared by doctor Le Hoang Anh from Military Hospital 354 in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.

4 A man went to hospital with a nail in his head after waiting two days and having no idea how it got there Credit: AsiaWire

4 The iron nail had buried itself into the patient's skull right the way to its head Credit: AsiaWire

According to Dr Le, the patient Vu Van Tho, 60, "waited 48 hours" before seeking medical attention.

Incredibly, he was completely conscious and there was "not a single drop of blood" surrounding his wound.

A picture taken with Dr Le’s mobile phone showed the iron nail which seemed to have been hammered into the patient’s skull from the top down.

But scans of the man’s head show the true scale of the horrific injury.

4 Incredibly, the patient was completely conscious and there was 'not a single drop of blood' surrounding his wound Credit: AsiaWire

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The nail measuring more than 3 inches had been lodged in the man’s brain - but he somehow managed to wait two full days before seeking help on his 60th birthday - March 23.

Dr Le said the patient "didn’t recall" how the accident happened and didn't mention of any mental disorders or even a possible murder attempt.

It is understood that the patient underwent surgery at Military Hospital 354.

In 2016 a carpenter accidentally fired a nail into his head while working on a building site in Mumbai, India.

4 A picture taken with Le’s mobile phone showed the iron nail appearing to have been hammered into the patient’s skull from the top down Credit: AsiaWire

Nitin Vishwakarma shot himself when he scratched himself with a loaded nail-gun.

But rather than head to hospital, he took a pain killer and went home to sleep.

Days later, when he finally visited medics, he was horrified to realise what had happened.

He was rushed straight into a three-hour operation to remove the nail after doctors saw the starling CT scan pictures.

Dr Pramod Kubade, a neurosurgeon at the Star Hospital in nearby Pune, said: "It is indeed a miracle that the man survived such a grave

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