THIS is the horrifying moment a three-year-old girl walks into a hospital with a six-inch blade seemingly lodged deep into the side of her head.

The shocking footage showed the toddler walking calmly while holding hands with her mum - with a knife stuck mere inches above her right ear.

The video, which has blown up on social media , was recorded outside Dongchuan People's Hospital , China , as the pair entered approached a staff member.

In the jaw-dropping footage, the child is seen walking with her mum with a fruit knife stuck in the right side of her head before they are guided by a hospital employee.

All three of them appear to act as if nothing unusual has happened - despite the knife hanging out of the child's head with its handle exposed.

The girl's mum, whose surname is H

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