Doctors at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in Tiruchi saved the life of a three-year-old boy by removing the screw of an anklet that he had accidentally swallowed.
According to an official statement, the toddler from a village in Perambalur district had swallowed the screw while playing on December 13 and was immediately taken to a hospital in Iluppur. When X-ray images revealed that the screw was lodged in the patient’s bronchus (large airway that leads from the windpipe to a lung), he was referred to the Emergency Room of MGMGH.
Under the guidance of S. Kumaravel, Dean, KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College, attached to MGMGH, a team of doctors, led by Radhakrishnan, head, Department of Ear Nose Throat (ENT) Surgery, removed the foreign object with the help of a rigid bronchoscope. The patient had recovered from the procedure, said the statement.
Doctors advised parents to keep small objects and other potentially hazardous material away from the reach of children.
Published – December 19, 2024 05:24 pm IST
