Cambodian doctors remove bullet lodged in man's brain for three decades

Surgeons successfully removed bullet fragments from the head of Hul Siden.- TYDA

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The Samdech Techo Voluntary Youth Doctor Association (TYDA) on Feb 17 successfully removed a bullet that had been lodged in a man’s brain for over 30 years.

Sim Sokchan, vice-president of TYDA and a specialist in neurosurgery, identified the patient as Hul Siden, 35, a resident of Trapaing Krasaing commune in Phnom Penh’s Kamboul district.