Israel Physicians Perform Shocking Surgery, Reattach Boy’s ‘Decapitated’ Head – News18

Doctors in Israel performed a complicated surgery where they reattached a 12-year-boy’s head to his neck after it was ‘internally decapitated’ when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle, according to a report by the Times of Israel.

The boy named Suleiman Hassan suffered an internal decapitation, as described by his physicians, where his skull detached from the top vertebrae of his spine after he was hit by the car. In medicalese it is known as bilateral atlanto occipital joint dislocation.

“Last month, Suleiman, a 12 year old Palestinian boy was in a horrific car accident while riding his bike. He sustained life threatening injuries when his head was severed from his neck,” Israel, the State of Israel’s official Twitter account run by its foreign ministry said in a tweet.

“The child was airlifted to the Hadassah Medical Center and underwent an emergency procedure. This week, Suleiman was released from the hospital. His father thanked the medical staff and said (he) will be grateful for the rest of my life for saving my only precious son,” the State of Israel’s official Twitter account said.