In Kostanay, doctors achieved the impossible: they saved the life of a 15-year-old boy who was hit by a discharge of more than 27,000 volts. The incident occurred when the teenager climbed onto a railway car for a dramatic photo, reports infohub.kz.

According to Miras Yelzhasov, a traumatologist-orthopedist at the Kostanay Regional Children's Hospital, the accident happened on June 25. The boy was brought to the medical facility in critical condition.

"He climbed onto a railway car, wanted to take a photo to post on social media. As a result, he suffered an electrical injury and severe thermal burns covering more than 60% of his body. He was immediately sent to the intensive care unit, where he spent a month and a half. Fortunately, we managed to save his arms and legs," Yelzhasov shared.

The doctor noted that according to global and national statistics, 90% of children with such injuries die within the first week, but this teenager survived. Recently, he was transferred from intensive care to a regular ward.

The boy's grandmother, unable to hold back tears, said that on that day she received a call from police officers informing her of the tragedy. She thought it was phone scammers and hung up. But within minutes, she realized that misfortune had indeed come to their home.

The teenager himself also shared details of that day: "My friends and I decided to take a shortcut home and walk along the railway tracks. We saw a train, and the idea of taking a photo came up. I sat on the roof, and my friend took a picture of me. Everything that happened next was told to me by my friend. I stood up, and I was hit by an electric arc. It made me jump and I flew 2 meters. I lost consciousness, and when I came to, I wanted to go home, but the ambulance doctors gave me a painkiller and took me to the hospital. I remember in the emergency room everyone was staring at me with huge eyes, and then I passed out."

According to the publication, that very photo was preserved, and the boy even posted it on social media. The doctors' hard work to save his life continued for a month and a half. The teenager told journalists that he decided to change his chosen profession: just two days before the incident, the 9th-grade graduate had submitted documents to become an electrician. Now he is determined to go into medicine.