A woman has been left blind in one eye after the whistle from a pressure cooker shot out.
The metal bullet-like object lodged so deep inside Munda Birsi's skull it couldn't be seen by the naked eye and need a CT scan to locate it.
The 57-year-old woman had left a pressure cooker on the gas stove as she made dal.
She left it and went into her back garden to cut hay.
About an hour later Munda remembered the cooking out and rushed back to the kitchem.
As she was pulling the cooker off the stove, the steam made the whistle burst out and it pierced her skull next to her eye.
Medics couldn't see the bullet-sized bit of metal from the outside, but surgeons were able to gently pull it out of Munda's head.
Doctors at Bhagwan Mahavir Medica Super Speciality Hospital in Jharkhand, India, saved her life, but not her left eye.
She underwent a complex operation led by Dr Ashish Joy Soren.
He said: "Firstly we had to release adhesions around the whistle and ensure that no bleeding should occur while extricating the metallic object.
"We had kept backup plans if blood would spurt.
"It was a bit difficult to pull out the whistle as vigorous manoeuvre would damage the surrounding tissues.
"We gently pulled the whistle and packed the wound opening with the gauze pieces.
"The surgery was successful and we could save the life of woman, though her left eye could not be saved."
The accident happened when Munda was cooking pulses at her home in Khunti district, Jharkhand, India, on Wednesday, September 4.
