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An Indian man who suffered a brain injury after a rotating grinder broke open the front of his skull has made a 90 per cent recovery, it is reported.

Anil Patel, a 22-year-old construction worker, is almost back to normal following the traumatic brain injury, the Hindustan Times reports.

Patel fell into a coma following the accident, but thanks to just two sessions of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) - a process where the patient breathes 100 per cent oxygen for set periods of time - he woke up.

"His recovery has been remarkable, he has attained 90 per cent normalcy in just four months. After 25 sessions, he has started walking and gradually speaking too,” said Dr Dnyaneshwar Shinde, who heads HBOT at Godrej Memorial Hospital in Vikhroli, a suburb of Mumbai.

According to the NHS, HBOT can be used for the prevention and treatment of osteoradionecrosis following radiotherapy of head and neck cancer.

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