In Kostanay, doctors saved a 15-year-old teenager who suffered a severe electrical injury after attempting to take a photo on top of a railway car. A discharge of over 27,000 volts passed through the student's body, reports infohub.kz.

The incident occurred on June 25. The teenager was brought to the trauma center of the regional children's hospital with severe thermal burns covering more than 60% of his body.

According to traumatologist-orthopedist Miras Yelzhasov, the boy was immediately admitted to intensive care, where he spent about a month and a half.

"Fortunately, we managed to save his arms and legs," Yelzhasov said.

The doctor noted that with such injuries, the chances of survival are extremely low. According to world and national statistics, about 90% of children with such injuries die within the first week.

Now the teenager has been transferred from intensive care to a regular ward. It is too early to talk about discharge - treatment may take another two to three weeks.

The teenager himself said that on that day he was walking with friends. The group decided to take a shortcut home and walked along the railway tracks. Seeing a train, the students wanted to take a photo.

"I sat on the roof, my friend took a photo of me. Then I stood up and was hit by an electric arc. It threw me about two meters," the teenager said.

He managed to publish the photo on social media before the incident.

After the shock, the boy lost consciousness. When he came to, he initially wanted to walk home on his own, but the arriving medics provided assistance and took him to the hospital.

"I remember everyone in the emergency room staring at me with huge eyes, and then I passed out," the student recalls.

Treatment lasted about a month and a half. The rescue involved doctors, sponsors who helped purchase rare and expensive medications, as well as donors. The boy needed a rare blood type - Rh-negative type O.

After what happened, the teenager decided to change his future career plans. Two days before the incident, the ninth-grader had submitted documents to study as an electrician. Now he intends to connect his life with medicine.

The student also addressed other teenagers, urging them not to repeat his mistake and not to risk their lives for photos.