Earring extracted from Mumbai toddler s windpipe
Tuesday - June 19, 2018 3:02 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
Earring extracted from Mumbai toddler s windpipe
Mumbai June 19 (IANS) A team of doctors extracted a 2-inch earring stuck in the windpipe of a one-year-old toddler an official said here on Tuesday.
Last week Kushi Soni from the city s Kurla suburb caused panic in her family when she playfully gulped down the large earring with a pointed end.
Initially she was rushed to a paediatrician who prescribed some medicines but was later admitted to a government hospital for three days.
However she continued to face difficulties in breathing and other issues and an x-ray did not reveal the earring which was embedded in the windpipe.
As her condition deteriorated she was referred to a private hospital for another three days and was later rushed to the Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children where the team performed a bronchoscopy and successfully extricated the earring within minutes.
The head of ENT at the hospital Divya Prabhat said that "accidental ingestion of foreign bodies go unnoticed as there s no history from the children".
"Bronchoscopy equipment with anaesthesia experts and the infrastructure at this hospital helps us deal with such difficult life-saving cases easily in minutes " said Prabhat.
Hospital CEO Minnie Bodhanwala said that such cases were very critical in nature requiring urgent attention.
--IANS qn/ksk/bg
Last week Kushi Soni from the city s Kurla suburb caused panic in her family when she playfully gulped down the large earring with a pointed end.
Initially she was rushed to a paediatrician who prescribed some medicines but was later admitted to a government hospital for three days.
However she continued to face difficulties in breathing and other issues and an x-ray did not reveal the earring which was embedded in the windpipe.
As her condition deteriorated she was referred to a private hospital for another three days and was later rushed to the Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children where the team performed a bronchoscopy and successfully extricated the earring within minutes.
The head of ENT at the hospital Divya Prabhat said that "accidental ingestion of foreign bodies go unnoticed as there s no history from the children".
"Bronchoscopy equipment with anaesthesia experts and the infrastructure at this hospital helps us deal with such difficult life-saving cases easily in minutes " said Prabhat.
Hospital CEO Minnie Bodhanwala said that such cases were very critical in nature requiring urgent attention.
--IANS qn/ksk/bg
