A Chinese grandmother who went to hospital with a headache was found to have had a bullet in her head for 64 years.

Jin remembers that she was shot in 1943 during the Second World War by the invading Japanese army when she was taking supplies to her guerrilla father.

"I was spotted by the Japanese army. They ran after me and opened fire. A bullet passed through the corner of my right ear. I hit the ground and lost consciousness."

The chief surgeon, who removed the rusty bullet, was amazed it had remained in her head for so long without causing major problems.